Showing posts with label tide pools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tide pools. Show all posts

Friday, July 29, 2011

Low Tide Today - Giant Pile Worm

Check out something I saw on the beach during low tide-
Sometimes called a pile worm or clam worm.  Don't let that cute face fool you he can deliver a nasty bite with those jaws, yes it is as scary as it looks.  Luckily we know better than to handle any worms on the beach. This guy is about as long as my hand.  Here is a great article on these worms by Sue Pike  (at least the East Coast relative). :)


In the Pacific Northwest the low tide will be here all weekend - be sure to head down to the beach if you can....The Seattle Times has a great interactive site for tide times here.  You can select your beach and they cover beaches all over the Northwest, even south to the Oregon coast.
 
Here are the Seattle low tide times (it's great to get there an hour before as the tide goes out you can explore more, it is trickier as the tide comes back in!)
Fri     29      Low  10:32 AM    -1.9 
Sat    30      Low  11:13 AM    -2.1
Sun   31      Low  11:55 AM    -2.0
Mon    1      Low  12:37 PM    -1.5