June 13, 2018
Salish Sea, Pacific Northwest
Tide: — 3.2 feet
With the summer solstice imminent, we’re getting our lowest tides of the year. A few days ago I took advantage of an extreme low low tide to walk out to a tiny island that is almost always surrounded by water, and inaccessible on foot.
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One sign of that is the otter latrine on a flat spot, along with plenty of trails and bedding spots. And the remains of crab meals.
I step off the island before the tide starts coming back in. Don’t want to be swimming back. The subtidal beach is covered with sea lettuce, a green algae, more than I remember seeing at previous extreme low tides.
What’s up in your natural neighborhood today?
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