“We’re starting to see more drastic tides and storm events, and that’s causing increased stress on all the animals,” she said. Plants and animals, said Ludovise, “have to adapt to both underwater living and to the sun, heat and air when the tide goes out twice a day.” Changing ocean conditions present further challenges, according to the president and CEO of the conservancy, Alix Hobbs. The ever-changing water level in intertidal zones means that only the hardiest of aquatic souls can survive life in a tide pool. “One of the reasons we have such cool tide pools is because our cliffs have concretions, or rock blisters, that formed millions of years ago.” The concretions resulted from boulders falling from the cliffs to the beach, leaving large, sometimes flat rocks that were ideal homes for tide pools. “Tide pools are where the sea meets the land,” said Sara Ludovise, director of education for the Crystal Cove Conservancy. Teeming with spectacular sea life, the pools can be accessed via the Historic District at the park’s midpoint or Pelican Point to the north. An exceptional viewing opportunity sits a stone’s throw from The Resort at Pelican Hill,® in the tide pools at Crystal Cove.
He California coast is home to a treasure-trove of fascinating creatures that one doesn’t have to scuba dive or snorkel to find.
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