In the last pair of this group, you can see in the background super low tide reveal of Haystack rock looking north to the rock, and then on the other side looking south to Haystack and the Needles.Įcola State Park – Viewpoint and Crescent Beach HikeĪfter a visit to Haystack Rock, you should also stop by Ecola State Park. You can see the negative super low tide can uncover much more. Here’s a comparison of Haystack Rock on Jaround 5:35pm, so at the low tide of 2.6 some feet (I’m looking north from Tolovana), and then same view but a little closer as I was walking towards it, on Jaround 5:17am, as approaching the low tide of -2.3 feet in the next hour or so. Watching puffins fly with the crazy flapping of wings to fly is fun and sorta silly. Bring binoculars because besides HRAP, the sea stacks of Haystack Rock and accompanying The Needles are excellent to visit because they are home to many nesting birds including puffins and are a bird sanctuary. I also appreciate that they have signs to help remind newbies of tide pool etiquette – rules like watching carefully where you step (stay on sand or bare rock), don’t touch and disturb the wildlife as they are fragile and can easily die, keeping eyes and control over your dogs and children. It was cool talking to another tidepool visitor about how the sculpins can camouflage themselves – in one tidepool we saw one that was brown like the sand and one that was green like the kelp depending on where the fish was. Thanks to their sign, I know I saw Giant Green Anemones, Ochre Sea Stars, Shore Crabs, Red Rock Crabs, Shaggy Mouse Nudibranch, Opalescent Nudibranch, California Mussels, Turban Snails, Limpets, Acorn Barnacles, Limpets, and Tide pool Sculpin. This is because the Haystack Rock Awareness Program (HRAP) are stewards here and put up signs identifying common tidepool creatures you may see, so you can play tide pool scavenger hunt knowing what you are seeing. I think the best place to start experiencing low tide is at Haystock Rock in Cannon Beach. Even at low tide, as always never turn your back to the ocean and be mindful of sneaker waves. The earlier you are out at the beach the better so you can have the beach and tidepools with less people. You can drive early in the morning, but as the low tide was early in the morning (around 7 am) I didn’t want to drive in that early, even if it is only 1.5 hour from Portland barring any traffic or accidents.Īlso, low tide time and measurement predicted is the lowest point – so you want to be out there an hour or so at least before that lowest point from when the tide starts to rise again. Many places during the summer high season want you to stay 2 days, so keep that in consideration if you are going to stay overnight that you may need to stay longer or you will have some limited choices of where to stay. Good thing I planned months ahead of time before all the rentals were sold out. It worked out that it also happened to be during a crazy heat wave in Oregon where we were over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and it’s always much cooler at the Coast. So I planned a trip specifically to check out the super low tide at Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach in June. In 2021 for the Oregon Coast these were April 29, May 27, June 25 and July 24, according to predictions by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, with May and June being the lowest of the entire year. They usually occur for 4 months, over a few days in those months. It may easier to search for your area (say Oregon Coast or Cannon Beach, or any beach city in the world) and “super low tide” or “minus tide” – to find them. Super low tides tend to be very close to negative 2 feet. They list daily high and low tides both in terms of the time and amount of feet that is predicted, and what you are looking for are negative numbers. A few months a year is when you can find super low tide – you can look up online almanacs for daily tide charts for the year.
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