PHOTOS: West Seattle beach wildlife seen at low-low tide

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As shown here last night, Seattle Aquarium beach naturalists were out at Constellation Park, helping people explore responsibly at low-low tide. Tonight we have photos of some of the wildlife they saw – the first three photos are from Rosalie Miller: Above, a painted anemone; below, northern kelp crabs:

And a rough piddock:

We don’t have the ID on this one, but Molly Al-Jawad sent the photo:

Tonight’s low-low tide, -2.5 feet at 10:18 pm, will be just as low as the one that brought explorers out last night. Meantime, you can watch this page later this year to see when the beach naturalists will be out during the summer daytime low-low tides.

Rosalie Miller February 19, 2023 (8:11 pm)

Lovely photo Molly. That’s a painted anemone, too. They come in assorted colors, frequently with red coloration.

onion February 19, 2023 (9:45 pm)

Dang. As soon as the first picture came into view, and before I read the caption, I thought “Rosalie..

Midi February 19, 2023 (11:36 pm)

There were only a handful of us out tonight, I didn’t stay very late as the rain was coming down just a bit more than I wanted to expose my camera to

Hillary Shaw February 20, 2023 (8:08 am)

In addition to admiring many sea stars, shrimps, nudibranchs, and crabs, we found this copper coin (?) near the Fauntleroy ferry dock during last night’s low, low tide.

sgs February 20, 2023 (9:00 am)

These are fascinating and wonderful beings. Would love to be out there, but worry about stepping on them. What cautions were raised by the naturalists? Just a question – not judgement. It’s amazing to see things like this in person.