Tway - Tidepools, Southern California: an illustrated guide to 92 locations from Point Conception to Mexico

Praise for the previous edition:

Linda Tways book was my ultimate go-to source for tidepool information while writing my National Geographic book California .

National Geographic author Greg Critser

[Tways] easy-to-read 175-page guide compiles her discoveries [in Southern Californias tidepools]

Los Angeles Times

Tway takes great care to warn about the delicacy of tidepool life. Watch where you step and where you poke, she says. That sea anemone youre playing with may be several centuries old.

San Diego Union

What a good book this is! Easy to use, inspiring to follow (and have in a back pocket), and instructive.

San Diego Home/Garden

This book is an invaluable resource on how to enjoy the intertidal environment without jeopardizing the fragile marine life inhabiting this unique ocean realm. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about our coastal habitatnonscientist and scientist alike.

Joan Embery, former ambassador for the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park

a field guide unlike any other. Excellent descriptions and dynamic photographs of plants, animals, and tidepools make this book a must-read for anyone looking to go tidepooling in Southern California.

Education Department, Birch Aquarium at Scripps

With a deep sense of caring, she shows us wonders that have been right in front of our noses, but unseen, all along!

William R. Riedel, Research Scientist and former Director of the Geological Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

This informative book is recommended to anyone interested in exploring and learning about the intertidal environment of Southern California.

Don Wilkie, former Director of Scripps Aquarium-Museum

an excellent and easy guide to tidepools of Southern California for the general public.

Annika Sanfilippo, Specialist in Micropaleontology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tidepools Southern California:

A guide to 92 locations from Point Conception to Mexico

1st EDITION 1991

2nd EDITION 2011

Copyright 2011 by Linda E. Tway

Front cover photo copyright 2011 by Robert Holmes/Alamy (main) and Jesse Kunerth (smaller)

Interior photos by author

Maps: Author and Bart Wright, Lohnes+Wright

Cover design: Scott McGrew

Interior design and layout: Larry B. Van Dyke

Editor: Laura Shauger

ISBN 978-0-89997-633-4

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SAFETY NOTICE: Although Wilderness Press and the author have made every attempt to ensure that the information in this book is accurate at press time, they are not responsible for any loss, damage, injury, or inconvenience that may occur to anyone while using this book. You are responsible for your own safety and health while in the wilderness. The fact that an area is described in this book does not mean that it will be safe for you. Be aware that conditions of natural areas can change from day to day. Always check local conditions, know your own limitations, and consult a map.

To Cricket, who was ever-present with me in the writing of this edition,

to the late Munchkin, who excitedly joined me in some of my first tidepool explorations,

to my close friend, Doris Dickinson, who has been supportive in so many ways,

and to my parents, Dr. Patricia and Gene Tway, who have always been an inspiration to me.

Acknowledgments

I am especially grateful to Dr. Nigella Hillgarth, Executive Director of the Birch Aquarium at Scripps, for taking the time out of her busy schedule to write a very thoughtful foreword to this second edition. I would also like to thank a number of people who generously helped with the second edition of this book: Laura Shauger, a great editor for Wilderness Press with whom I enjoyed working and who was meticulous in her editing skills and tightened up the manuscript very skillfully; Molly Merkle, COO of Keen Communications, parent company of Wilderness Press, who patiently oversaw this project; cartographer Bart Wright of Lohnes+Wright and designer Larry B. Van Dyke, both of whom kindly worked with me to make this a more beautiful and accessible book; and Matt Wagner at Fresh Books for steering me in the right direction for the second edition. I am also grateful to my friends who were most helpful for the second edition, including Dianne Pietila and Doris Dickinson.

I feel I must also acknowledge those who were key in helping me with the first edition. Bill Magdych supported me in various aspects of my early tidepool excursions and helped with some of the photography. Bill Riedel, Annika Sanfilippo, the unfortunately late Mia Tegner, and Bill Newman, all from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Don Wilkie, former Director of the Scripps Aquarium-Museum all reviewed portions of the first edition of the manuscript and offered suggestions that both improved and enhanced the book. Several of them and others accompanied me on some long, isolated, and arduous field trips including my mother who adventurously went tidepooling with me in the wee, dark morning hours when the tides were low and I had to use a flash on my camera to capture what we saw.

Many thanks to all of you.

Foreword

I have been fascinated by tidepooling every since I was a child in Southern Ireland. My deep interest in the ocean was fostered by the exploration of the local coastal habitats and the amazing animals that I discovered there. I would have benefited greatly by having a field guide such as this one at that time. I am delighted that there is a new edition of this guide with many updates and all new maps.

This delightful and unusual guide to the tidepools of Southern California is an explorers guide to the coast. There are good descriptions of tidepool animals and habitats with many colorful illustrations, though it is the detailed information and updated maps that make this book so useful. There are nearly 100 maps and descriptions of tidepools sites. Dr. Tways guide is an invaluable companion to the intertidal zone. The guide includes much information on ecology as well as details on localities and ease of access.

Tidepool habitats are fragile and many are at risk from too much human interference. Treating these fragile areas with respect is critical if we are to save them for future generations, and their conservation is an important message in this book.

Dr. Nigella Hillgarth Executive Director, Birch Aquarium at Scripps University of California, San Diego