Intertidal Zones

Last week I had the chance to wander the lower intertidal zone of Golden Gardens during the extreme (-3.7) low tide on June 6. In general I don't think of GG as a great spot to tide pool, but at that depth one could actually find some interesting things.

It was cool to see a very young (if dead) Dungeness crab and to find some tucked away anemones in the sand and alongside eelgrass beds. I also got a nice look at some less found giant kelp - the holdfast at the bottom of the algae. Moon snails and cockles left detritus behind as well.

Hoping to make it to Constellation over at Alki for the next super low tides in July - they won't be quite as low, but over there there will likely be more to see.

Posted on June 14, 2023 09:23 PM by jenstr