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Shifts Overview

In addition to 3 confirmed shifts, there are 8 suggested shifts over the next 365 days based on your shift rules

Your settings and confirmed shifts have yielded 84 shifts, the average shift length is 1 hour and 4 mins. The shortest shift is 30 mins and the longest is 2 hours. These shift lengths vary due to how close the low tide is to darkness hours, You said that shifts start 1 hour after civil dawn and the latest shift ends at civil dusk.

To cover all the shifts over the year with 2 stewards per shift on weekend low tides of 0ft, 1 steward on weekday low tides of -1ft with an additional 2 stewards on super low tides of -2ft, assuming you want stewards to do on average 3 shifts a year: you will need to have XXX active stewards.

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Sat, September 30th 2023

Weekend low tide

5am — 7am, Lowest tide of -1ft at 6am

6:00am 8:00am
6:12pm

Stewards: Simon Willison Natalie Downe Two stewards were on this shift

  • Shift status: Past

Sat, September 31th 2023

Weekend low tide

5am — 7am, Lowest tide of -1ft at 6am

6:00am 8:00am
6:12pm

Currently scheduled: Simon Willison Natalie Downe Fully populated shift with 2/2 stewards

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Start time 4:30pm

End time 6:45pm

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Sat, September 31th 2023

Weekend low tide

5am — 7am, Lowest tide of -1ft at 6am

This is the shift description, we will have three tour busses so we will need one person to park cars and direct people to the beach.

6:00am 8:00am
6:12pm

Currently scheduled: Simon Willison 1/2 stewards scheduled on this shift

Sat, September 30th 2023

Weekend low tide

5am — 7am, Lowest tide of -1ft at 6am

6:00am 8:00am
6:12pm

Stewards: Simon Willison Natalie Downe Two stewards were on this shift

  • Shift status: Past

Sat, September 32th 2023

Weekend low tide

5am — 7am, Lowest tide of -1ft at 6am

6:00am 8:00am
6:12pm

Two stewards will be needed on this shift

Your upcoming shifts

  1. 15th April

    On shift from 1:30pm to 4pm

    Tide is at it's lowest of -1ft at 3pm

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  2. 2nd April

    On shift from 7:00am to 9:00am

    Low tide: -1.055ft at 7:30am

    Stewards (1/2): natalie

  3. 1st May

    On shift from 12 noon to 2pm

    Tide is at it's lowest of -0.35ft at 1pm

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  5. 19th April

    Shift from 7:00am to 9:00am on Thu May 9th

    Low tide: -1.055ft at 7:30am

    Stewards (3/2): Deedee McGubbins, Amit Patel, Zahara Emmith Williams

  6. 19th April

    Shift from 7:00am to 9:00am on Sat April 15th

    Low tide: -1.055ft at 7:30am

    Stewards (0/0): noone has signed up for this shift yet

  7. 19th April

    Shift from 7:00am to 9:00am on Mon Aug 4th

    Low tide: -3.055ft at 7:30am

    Stewards (2/3): Deedee McGubbins, Amit Patel

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  • Your shift
  • volunteers needed
  • partly full shift
  • fully staffed shift
6:00am 8:00am
6:12pm

Saturday 2nd April 2022

The lowest tide in daylight today is 1.23ft at 6:12pm

lowest tide is 1.23ft
6:18am 0.17ft 6:12pm 1.23ft

Wednesday 20th April 2022

The lowest tide in daylight today is -1.02ft at 8:24am

lowest tide is -1.02ft
8:24am -1.02ft 7:42pm 2.72ft

You are scheduled for the shift onYou are scheduled for the shift on 17th April 22

Shift times: from from 7:04am to 8:12am

Lowest tide: -1ft at 8am

Sunrise: 6am

Sunset: 7pm


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Other considerations

Rules

Please be respectful of the reef and leave anything that is alive or could have alive things in it where they are. Don't move animals between pools, put them back where you found them, it's their home. If you want to fish or collect seaweed or shellfish you need a fishing license.

Information on rules for this location

Accessibility and Safety

As tide pools go, this is pretty accessible. It's a bit of a walk on the flat path and there is a bit of beach to navigate to get to the pools, but the pools also have a reasonably flat section. That said, there are some fast flowing cut-throughs to get over if you want to go further out and seasonally some quite slippery seaweed, so a walking stick makes a good companion.

The edge of the tide pools nearest to the open ocean on the furthest right hand side (if you are facing out to sea) can be heavily affected by wind and swell, so as always, keep an eye out on the ocean, particularly so if it looks choppy.

If you go far out, make sure to watch your exit route to ensure that you don't get cut off by the incoming tide.

If you are setting up a picnic don't sit too near to the base of the cliff because erosion can cause dangerous falling rocks.

Pet Policy

Dogs are allowed on-leash on the beach here.

Food options

There are lots of restaurants in the nearby town of Granada or in Half Moon Bay.

Picnics

Lots of space on the beach for picnics, no fires allowed though. Be careful not to sit too close to the cliffs because rock fall is common.

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Get your feet wet and protect our coast, become a tidepool steward!

Educate

Head to the reef, talk to visitors about how unique and important our rocky intertidal habitat is, and enhance their visit to the coast.

In places where people are allowed to fish and collect, we can teach sustainable harvesting techniques and the ecological reasons behind the rules.

Inspire

We aim to inspire visitors to protect our coast.

It's remarkable to consider that if all the tidepools in California were combined, they would span a mere 15 square miles. This vital ecosystem serves as an exclusive haven for numerous unique species and serves as a crucial nursery for the broader ocean.

Empower

We can empower visitors to become stewards of the fragile intertidal ecosystem by sharing our enthusiasm and employing proven interpretative methods.

We encourage them to discover practical ways to contribute to the preservation of our reefs and oceans, combating plastic pollution and addressing climate change in their daily lives.

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