Explore Minus Tide at Cama Beach State Park

When the summer tides are below zero feet, underwater sea life is revealed and then covered by the rising tide a few hours later. Volunteers from Cama Beach Foundation, Sound Water Stewards and Cama Beach State Park team up to help find and identify what is there: sea stars, nudibranchs, sand dollars, and maybe a moon snail. FREE. Family-Friendly. Discover Pass required; purchase annual ($30) or one-day ($10) Discover Pass at the entrance to the park. See the species that are only revealed on the rare and spectacular lowest tides of the year.

On special low-tide dates (including July 2, 4, and 31), Cama Beach Foundation volunteers use a seine net to gently bring fish to the water’s edge, where small children use hand-held nets to capture and put the fishes into buckets which are then carried to an awaiting aquarium tank at the seawall for all to see up close. Plus a touch tank!

Dates and Times vary according to the tide. See https://soundwaterstewards.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Low-Tide-Beach-Walks-Summer-2023.pdf

July Dates: July 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 17, 30, 31
August Dates: 1, 2, 29, 30

https://soundwaterstewards.org/
http://www.camabeachfoundation.org/
https://www.parks.wa.gov/483/Cama-Beach

https://soundwaterstewards.org/series/cama-beach-explore-low-tide-camano-july-2023/
https://soundwaterstewards.org/series/cama-beach-explore-low-tide-camano-august-2023/

Note: The Cama Beach cabins and the The Center for Wooden Boats at Cama Beach have been permanently closed. The Cama Center and Cama Beach Cafe remain open, and the park is open for day use. Find more details here…