Seattle isn’t just about coffee, grunge, and the Space Needle; its waterways host a hidden treasure trove of biodiversity, including some...

This past few summers, I've spent countless hours exploring Duxbury Reef , one of California’s most dynamic intertidal zones. The reef’s...

Sometimes, dock fouling delivers more than just the salty promise of discovery—it delivers pure magic. November 29, 2024, was one of...

By the time we reached Port Townsend, my friend Stevie was picking up the rhythm of the day - scan the dock, focus eyes on likely...

In all of my identification guides for marine animals of the Pacific Northwest there was a nudibranch labelled as a "common grey sea...

A couple weeks back I decided to do another tour de foul, where I select multiple potential dock fouling locations to visit in a single...

My regular dock fouling locations, Eddie Vine and Edmonds Marina, had become a bit predictable. I hadn't seen anything new for a while. I...

For my long weekend stay in Port Angeles I had already accepted that I wouldn't get to do any tide pooling. The lowest tide for my stay was

Sad that the day time tide pooling season is over? Looking for alternate activities where you can see the same kinds of organisms regardless

This low tide snuck up on me. My adventure associate had to get a real job and I was unmotivated to go on a hike without her.

For my final series of "good" low tide explorations for the year I chose Deception Pass State Park as our destination. I had only done...

For the last good daytime low tide of the year, I had booked off three days to explore different low tide locations. The first,...

This summer I booked off 3-5 day chunks for every low tide. This adventure is the first in a series of three during my last opportunity...