Could This be a Global Warming Wonder?
The Washington and Oregon coasts are expecting the lowest tides of the year this week, exposing sea life and otherwise hidden tide pools. Tuesday morning and again Wednesday morning, the tide will drop to around minus 2 feet on the Oregon Coast, with the lowest valleys coming during the morning, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The walk to the first needle of Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach will be uncovered, said Suzanne Williams of the Cannon Beach Visitors Center.
Walks to Chapman Point and Bird Rock also are enhanced in the low tide, she said.
Tide pools around Haystack Rock are often loaded with anemones, chitons, crab, limpets, nudibranch, sea stars and urchins.
At Clastop Beach, the Peter Iredale, a ship that sank in 1906, stands out. The remains of the Bettie M, a tuna seiner that sank in 1976, are more visible where Jetty A meets Cape Disappoinment on the Washington side of the Columbia River.
Low tides are typical for this time of year because the moon is closer to the earth, so its gravitational pull stronger, according to the Seaside Aquarium in Oregon.
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