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Image Point

North Coast Regional District, British Columbia · Canada

What have people found?

Sitka periwinkle, sickle jacknife and dire whelk turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Black leather chiton, lewis's moon snail and rockweed are the usual finds. ~94 distinct species have been recorded here.

Tide

We do not have the numbers a tide curve is drawn from for this stretch of coast yet. The water here moves about 4.1 m between high and low.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from June and September.

What should you know before visiting?

Customer parking is about 150 feet away.
Arrive 45 minutes to an hour before low tide and leave as it turns. The water comes back faster than it left.
Grippy shoes beat sandals. Wet rock and algae are more slippery than they look. Tide pool safety
A tide pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The tidepooling code

What lives at Image Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Black Leather ChitonKatharina tunicata
Lewis's Moon SnailNeverita lewisii
RockweedFucus distichus
Giant KelpMacrocystis pyrifera
Orange Sea CucumberCucumaria miniata
Red Rock CrabCancer productus
Northern Kelp CrabPugettia producta
Gumboot ChitonCryptochiton stelleri
Turkish TowelChondracanthus exasperatus
Sitka PeriwinkleLittorina sitkana
Purple Shore CrabHemigrapsus nudus
Leather StarDermasterias imbricata
Sickle JacknifeSolen sicarius
Dire WhelkLirabuccinum dirum
giant California sea cucumberApostichopus californicus
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