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Yesterday’s afternoon tide was a -4.36.

My youngest son and I headed to the beach.

We saw lots of sea stars, both purple

and mottled.

We can see why they are classified as “spiny-skinned.”

We also saw lots of sea anemones out of water and hence looking a bit different than they usually do.

The beach was literally covered in seaweed and kelp. We saw quite a few holdfasts which secure the kelp to the ocean floor.

Here’s a “sand collar” from a Lewis’s moonsnail. This egg case is simply a sandwich with the eggs in the middle and two layers of sand on either side. Although I didn’t take a photo, we saw other evidence of the moonsnails presence – a few clam shells, each with a hole drilled in it (this being how the snails get access to the inside of the clams).

Lots of these clam siphons were visible too.

A quick rest on a barnacle-crusted rock.

Have a great weekend!