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Ocean Beach Tide Pools
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Ocean Beach Tide Pools

Ocean Beach, CA

Simir Shah

By Simir Shah

Below the bluffs at the south end of the beach, rocky shelves fill with anemones, crabs and sea stars at low tide. Go at a minus tide or there's genuinely nothing to see — and wear closed-toe shoes, because the rocks are slick.

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San Diego CountyOcean BeachTide pools
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