November 5, 2021
This week my professor informed us of the low tide on Thursday and Friday so I aimed to head to pillar point/Mavericks area and check out the tide pools. I wanted to get there around three, however one thing led to another and I arrived closer to four thirty in the evening. Nonetheless a lot of the tide pools were still exposed and several people were headed out as well.
Mavericks beach is an awesome place to watch surfers ride some of the craziest waves, and at low tide several people gather to harvest seafood from the reefs. What’s important to note is that there are unmarked (or very poorly visible) boundaries where pillar point beach ends and the state marine conservation area begins. Here I believe only crab and squid can be taken opposed to the public beach where more species can be harvested. When I visited the tide pools on Thursday there were park rangers actively patrolling, checking bags and licenses in order to enforce foreging regulations. Personally I think they have gotten stricter this year with regulations and I’m guessing it might have to do with the increase of people harvesting very large amounts of seafood, which could ultimately hurt the ecosystems. I think simply looking at the tide pools and watching the surf is more fun because handling and shucking sea urchins is a process and the last thing you want is to get poked.
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