Turning tides: Winter low tides open door to nature’s coastal classrooms

When the tide recedes, a coastal classroom is unveiled, giving a glimpse into the lives of creatures wedged between tidepools at rocky outcroppings exposed along Southern California’s shoreline.
Winter tides have extreme highs and lows, providing citizen scientists, ocean lovers and visitors in town for the holidays to learn about the marine habitat.
An Ocean Institute staffer points out wildlife in a low tide pool on Monday, December 3, 2018. The Ocean Institute hosts Tide Pool Hikes duri