$10 vehicle parking fee free street parking may be available on Swanton Boulevard. to sunset at 2531 West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)ĭetails: Natural Bridges State Beach is open from 8 a.m. Visitors look for sea life in the tide pools of Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz. You’ll spot egrets, cormorants and gulls along the shoreline, surfers catching waves and families playing in the sand. Turn to the south for views of the Natural Bridges arch and beach. At low tide, the pools may contain anemones, mussels, limpets, snails and crabs. On the north side of the beach, check out the shallow tide pools at the base of the cliffs. This family-friendly beach is known for its scenic arch, colorful sunsets and flitting butterflies. And nearby Harley Farms Goat Dairy (205 North St., Pescadero features farm tours by reservation. More day trip inspiration: Stroll the park grounds to see the exteriors of the lighthouse and historic buildings.
Cascade Restaurant and Bar (2001 Rossi Road at Highway 1, Pescadero ) is four miles south of Pigeon Point at Costanoa and offers burgers, sandwiches, soups and salads for outdoor dining and takeout daily. Lunch break: Loma Mar Store (8150 Pescadero Creek Road, Loma Mar a friendly market 14 miles northeast of Pigeon Point, offers espresso drinks, sandwiches, salads, soups and burgers for outdoor dining Friday-Sunday. There is free parking in the park lot and along Pigeon Point Road, and restrooms in the parking lot. to sunset at 210 Pigeon Point Road in Pescadero.
(Courtesy Melissa Ozbek)ĭetails: This state historic park is open from 8 a.m. Tidepools near Pigeon Point offer glimpses of sea stars, anemones and more. A short trail connects Pigeon Point Road to the beach. One way to reach the reef is through Pistachio Beach, a modest-sized beach 0.7-mile north of the lighthouse. To the north, a reef parallels Pigeon Point Road beneath tall bluffs. Just south of the lighthouse, a stairway leads to a small beach and reef at Whaler’s Cove. Pigeon Point offers a special blend of history and nature, with reefs on both sides of the 115-foot lighthouse offering glimpses of anemones, sea stars, snails and barnacles. More day trip inspiration: Make a day of it by stretching your legs at Muir Beach, the Muir Beach Overlook or Stinson Beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Or head for the Bolinas Lagoon Preserve to see ducks, herons and egrets Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park, Pescadero Both are located just a few miles east of Agate Beach Park in Bolinas. The Coast Cafe (46 Wharf Road, offers morning pastries, burgers and fish and chips to go Tuesday-Sunday. Lunch break: Grab a bite before or afterward at Bolinas’ BoVida (6 Wharf Road, which offers açaí bowls, smoothies and paninis Friday-Sunday. Here are four tide pooling locations, along with tide pool tips, places to explore and great spots to grab a take-out lunch. Ī beautiful drive through coastal towns and alongside farms and beaches, blooming wildflowers and warmer picnic weather make for an incredible Bay Area day trip.
You can check the tide at your preferred tidepool location via the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s website at. On May 29, expect a -1.6 foot tide at 8:33 a.m., and on June 26, early risers will find a -1.7 foot tide at 7:26 a.m. On May 1, for example, predictions call for a -1.1 foot tide on Bay Area beaches at 9:47 a.m. “When it’s below -1.0, which doesn’t happen very often,” Young says, “that’s when I get really excited to go tide pooling.” This spring is an excellent time for tide pooling with multiple days of negative tides that will get lower and lower as we near the summer solstice. “I am excited every single time about what I can potentially see when I go to the tide pools.” “The amount of diversity you can find in tidepools, I think, just makes them an exceptional place to go and visit,” says marine biologist Alison Young, the co-director of community science at San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences. Fluorescent blue and yellow nudibranchs crawl along floating blades of seaweed. Purple and orange ochre sea stars clamp tightly to rocks covered in California mussels. All along the California coast’s ocean-carved reefs, bright green anemones wave their tentacles.
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