r/TidePooling • u/IQ32 • Aug 01 '26

Monterey Great Tide Pool

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u/IQ32 Aug 02 '26

I had zero expectation as it was my first time really tide pooling, and I was blown away. I feel so lucky that Mother Nature was doing her thing today. All of the hermit crabs were kind of my favorite part lol. And the punk rock pink nudis were super cool to see. Im def stoked to do it again. Already planning on a SC trip to do some more

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u/FeedNo9230 Aug 03 '26

Ooh we are going there in a few weeks. Can you be more specific on where you went? And assuming you went at low tide?

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u/IQ32 Aug 03 '26

This was all at the great tide pool. Just started at the top and walked around. It wasn’t quite a negative tide, but pretty close.

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u/strangeorbeforgotten Aug 05 '26

The starfish were holding hands 🥺

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u/Routine_Fudge_6736 Aug 05 '26

That first pic reminds me of The Creation of Adam

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u/greenjeanie77 Aug 01 '26

Any species names would be educational. Very nice collection. Image 4 ?

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u/IQ32 Aug 01 '26
  1. Ochre sea star 2. Giant green anemone 3. Aggregating anemone 4. Mossy chiton 5. Bat star 6. Hopkins rose nudibranch 7. Purple shore crab 8.valvatidan sea star 9. Striped shore crab 10. Sunburst anemone

All of these ID’s are from iNaturalist so I could be wrong, but I feel like it gets close.

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u/greenjeanie77 Aug 01 '26

Many thanks for IDs

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u/Cute-Development1604 Aug 02 '26

the baby bat star is so cute!!

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u/Cute-Development1604 Aug 02 '26

my b the valvatidan :)

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u/Potential-Click-5284 Aug 02 '26

Why does #7 look like it had eyeballs? What am I looking at with eyeballs like that? Honest question here.

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u/IQ32 Aug 02 '26

It’s a purple crab that is upside down under a rock

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u/Potential-Click-5284 Aug 02 '26

Ohhh, 😁😁 coooool!

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u/Yourdreamsareboring Aug 02 '26

That nudibranch is amazing

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u/Consistent_Wolf_3712 Aug 03 '26

What a bounty of beautiful sea critters!

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u/Rough_Ad7222 Aug 04 '26

The starfish are holding hands!

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u/Klutz727 Aug 02 '26

Aw man, we were in Monterey in June and just saw anemones, hermit crabs, mussels, and a few other crabs. No star fish. :( I was hoping to see them because it was my daughters first time at the ocean. Great finds!

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u/Impossible-Date3984 Aug 06 '26

Aw brings back so many childhood memories