Tag: Tide Pooling at Night

• Welcome back and Summer 2025 Tide Pooling Logs

  

  Hello everybody!! Welcome back to the Tide Is Out. Thanks to everyone for your patience this summer as I took a little break to work on other projects, do a ton of traveling and of course, go tide pooling! I’ve got some great resources coming up, along with logs of our trips over the past…

  Kassidy Wilkins

  September 3, 2025

  Logs and Narratives

  Pre-Dawn Low Tides, Sandy Beaches, Tide Pool Animals, Tide Pooling at Night, Tide Pooling logs

• Camoflauge with Bright Colors: The Red-banded transparent Shrimp

  

  California tide pooling comes with the big and famous animals that all beachgoers want to see: anemones, sea stars, urchins, and crabs. But many other very common animals don’t get noticed, despite being all around. The red-banded transparent shrimp (Heptacarpus sitchensis) is one of them. Look closely and you’ll begin to notice these tiny, often…

  Kassidy Wilkins

  January 27, 2025

  Animals and Organisms

  Common Animals, Crustaceans, Exploring Southern California, Shrimp, Tide Pool Animals, Tide Pooling at Night

• Tide Pooling Log: Orange County Eelgrass beds Before Dawn

  

  Most of my tide pooling as a kid was on rocky shores where it’s easy to spot animals and there is an abundance of life. But recently, I’ve been educating myself about sandy and muddy shores and finally got a chance to visit a sandy beach with sevearl eelgrass beds during an excellent low tide…

  Kassidy Wilkins

  August 7, 2024

  Logs and Narratives

  Beach Combing, Exploring Southern California, Pre-Dawn Low Tides, Sandy Beaches, Sea Slugs, Tide Pool Animals, Tide Pooling at Night

• Tide Pooling Log: Pre-Dawn Summer Low Tide in Orange County

  

  Pre-dawn summer low tides are some of the best of the year in Southern California. You can avoid the crowds and the heat while getting the warm water summer species during an excellent low tide.  I took advantage of several of the low tides in June this year. Check out this article from my trip…

  Kassidy Wilkins

  July 17, 2024

  Logs and Narratives

  Crustaceans, Exploring Southern California, Flatworms, Nudibranchs, Pre-Dawn Low Tides, Sea Slugs, Tide Pool Animals, Tide Pooling, Tide Pooling at Night

• Tide Pooling Log: Ventura County in Early June

  

  Summer in California brings extremely low tides, but only in the very early hours of the morning. While not great for sleep schedules, these tides offer a great opportunity to see nocturnal animals you won’t see during the day and a chance to visit the intertidal without the crowds that daytime low tides bring.  I…

  Kassidy Wilkins

  June 17, 2024

  Logs and Narratives

  Anemones, Exploring Southern California, Pre-Dawn Low Tides, Snails, Tide Pool Animals, Tide Pooling, Tide Pooling at Night

• Tide Pooling Log: Napili, Maui, HI, Day 2

  

  Day one implies day two, right? If you haven’t read the first tide pooling log about our finds in the intertidal in Hawaii this fall, check out this article before reading on.  The finds the night before had been so great that we just had to go back out on the rocks again. It was…

  Kassidy Wilkins

  April 23, 2024

  Logs and Narratives

  Crustaceans, Hawaii, Nudibranchs, Tide Pool Animals, Tide Pool Photography, Tide Pooling at Night, Tide Pooling logs

• Will I See Eels At The Tide Pools?

  

  Short Answer: Possibly  Long Answer: Eels are some of the most frequent large marine visitors to the tide pools; more common than octopuses but less common than small, shallow-water sharks. While not an everyday occurrence, if you visit the intertidal enough and know what you look for, you are fairly likely to see an eel,…

  Kassidy Wilkins

  April 9, 2024

  Tide Pools 101

  California, Eels, Finding Animals, Hawaii, Intertidal Predators, Tide Pool Animals, Tide Pooling at Night

• Tide Pooling Log: Corona Del Mar, December

  

  To be quite honest, I prefer tide pooling at night. While often the cold and darkness can make logistics harder, the animals you see are so worth it. There is nothing quite like being on the rocks at night with all the nocturnal animals emerging from their hiding places just after dusk. Recently, we visited…

  Kassidy Wilkins

  January 9, 2024

  Logs and Narratives

  Corona Del Mar, Crustaceans, Exploring Southern California, Tide Pool Animals, Tide Pool Fish, Tide Pooling, Tide Pooling at Night, Tide Pooling logs

• Tide Pooling Log: Napili, Maui, HI, Day One

  

  In previous trips to the Hawaiian islands, I had been somewhat disappointed with the tide pooling. The rocks were mostly dominated by brittle stars, urchins, and seemed to serve as nurseries for reef fish. They appeared entirely homogenous, and I focused more on snorkeling.  But this most recent trip to Maui, I was determined to…

  Kassidy Wilkins

  November 28, 2023

  Logs and Narratives

  Inspiration, Learn About Tide Pool Animals, Tide Pool Animals, Tide Pool Diversity, Tide Pooling at Night, Tide Pooling In Hawai’i, Tide Pooling logs, Where to Go Tide Pooling

• Is Tide Pooling at Night Worth It?

  

  If you’re only going to read this far, the answer is yes! With the right equipment and preparation, tide pooling at night is definitely worth it. If you’re still reading, I’ll give you a fuller explanation of what I mean. Tide pooling in the dark can be frightening and dangerous. Exploring the intertidal is not…

  Kassidy Wilkins

  October 30, 2023

  Avid Tide Pooling

  How to Tide Pool, How tos, Sea Slugs, Tide Pooling at Night, uncommon animals, Underwater Cameras, When To Go Tide Pooling