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Bishop's Beach

Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska · United States

What have people found?

Cancellate hairysnail, bering hermit crab and stout coastal shrimp turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Moonglow anemone, painted anemone and mottled star are the usual finds. ~86 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Bishop's Beach for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 1511:48 AM7.9 ft
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark12:22 AM3.5 ft12:54 PM8.3 ft
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark1:21 AM4.4 ft2:11 PM7.9 ft

Every low tide each day, in local time at the shore.

Plan the week in Intertidal
  • A tide chart for every day, with the best window marked
  • Identify what you find from a photo
  • An alert when a good daylight low is coming

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from June and July.

What should you know before visiting?

Customer parking is about 1000 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 Bishop's Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Moonglow AnemoneAnthopleura artemisia
Painted AnemoneUrticina grebelnyi
Mottled StarEvasterias troschelii
Helmet CrabTelmessus cheiragonus
Dungeness CrabMetacarcinus magister
Pacific Hairy Hermit CrabPagurus hirsutiusculus
RockweedFucus distichus
Bering Hermit CrabPagurus beringanus
barnacle-eating doridOnchidoris bilamellata
Arctic Green Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Nanaimo DoridAcanthodoris nanaimoensis
Stout Coastal ShrimpHeptacarpus brevirostris
Northern Bay MusselMytilus trossulus
Cancellate HairysnailTrichotropis cancellata
Lined ChitonTonicella lineata
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