TIDEPOOLS
Coastal Elegance Tours
(650) 712-8456
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
(650) 728-3584
Moss Beach, take California Street off Hwy 1.
This is the place to marvel at the diversity of Coastside geology and
aquatic life. At low tide the exposed tide pools and concentric rings of
offshore rocks beckon you to explore. In quiet pools, look for hermit
crabs, purple shore crabs and starfish. One of the more common algae is
the brown, thirty-foot long feather boa kelp. If you look up quickly, you
may catch a harbor seal watching you. From the sheltered sandy cove at the
south end of the Reserve, take the trail to the bluff tops to return to
the parking lot. Walk through the tangled garden of an old estate and
through a century-old forest of wind-sculpted Monterey cypress trees. In
the spring, California gray whales migrate north offshore. In the summer
and fall, brown pelicans skim wave tops.
Take only pictures, leave only footprints. Please do
not collect sea life, even sea shells, from this protected marine reserve.
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