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Roberts Point

Capital Regional District, British Columbia · Canada

What have people found?

Steinberg's corambe, spotted aglaja and hooded nudibranch turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Horned nudibranch, hedgpeth's sapsucker and rocky aeolid are the usual finds. ~146 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 1.6 m between high and low.

View the predicted tide at Cattle Point, 16 miles away.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from April and July.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 0.3 miles 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 Roberts Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Horned NudibranchHermissenda crassicornis
Hedgpeth's SapsuckerElysia hedgpethi
Rocky AeolidEubranchulus rupium
Mottled StarEvasterias troschelii
Steinberg's CorambeCorambe steinbergae
Ochre Sea StarPisaster ochraceus
Yellow Shore CrabHemigrapsus oregonensis
Red Rock CrabCancer productus
Hooded NudibranchMelibe leonina
Monterey DoridDoris montereyensis
Egg-yolk JellyPhacellophora camtschatica
Aggregating AnemoneAnthopleura elegantissima
RockweedFucus distichus
Bull KelpNereocystis luetkeana
Spotted AglajaAglaja ocelligera
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