I’m leaving a lot of information in this article about what it was like before the eruption, just to explain how special this area was. Kapoho Tide Pools and the Waiopae Marine Life Conservation District Before the 2018 Eruption Black sand beaches, small off shore islands, and an ever evolving coastline was formed by the Kilauea Eruption and only time will tell what this area will become. The coral and the sea life in this small ecosystem has been destroyed by an active ocean entry of lava that changed the face of this 2 mile area of the Big Island. Sadly this area was covered by the active lava flow originating from Fissure 8 and is closed to the public. The Kapoho Tide Pools were destroyed by the 2018 Volcanic Eruption of Kilauea.
I hope this info and my suggestions are helpful.Email 2018 Update on the Kapoho Tide Pools It should be a day that your boys will remember for many years to come! This is all within an easy drive of Hyannis, and both Crab Creek and Gray's Beach are beautiful spots that I'm sure your family will thoroughly enjoy. Since you'll be staying in Hyannis, I'd suggest crabbing at Crab Creek Conservation Area in Dennis, followed by a picnic at Gray's Beach (a/k/a "Bass Hole Beach") in Yarmouthport. Go crabbing at a prime spot, then cook your catch at a nearby park that has charcoal grills, picnic tables, etc. So, either you catch your dinner and transport it - along with your bundle of fire wood and other campfire and picnic paraphernalia - to a beach where fires are allowed (assuming you can get the permit on time). And those beaches are a pretty far distance from the best crabbing spots. There are only a few beaches on Cape Cod where beach campfires are allowed. But there's a potential problem with that. I like your idea of cooking your catch over a campfire on the beach. That'll give you a reasonable approximation of the tide times for both Mayflower and Skaket. Click the link on that page, then use the Sesuit Harbor-East Dennis-Cape Cod Bay tide chart. So you'll need a tide chart to see when low tide will be on the days you want to go poolin'. The time of high and low tide changes every day. (At high tide, it's mostly beach and water. Now, remember that to find good tide pools, you should plan to be at the beach when the tide is out. No telling what kind of sea critters you'll find. By luck and by chance, they found lots of little sand dollars and a live starfish.
One afternoon, they went over to Mayflower Beach to do some kite flying and tide pool exploring.
Last summer, our friend Linda and her boys were here on vacation.
Mayflower Beach in Dennis and Skaket Beach in Orleans are two really nice, family-friendly beaches where sandbars and shallow, warm-water pools form up as the tide goes out. two of the most fun family activities on Cape Cod, IMHO!įor the best tidal pools, you'll want to go to the beaches on Cape Cod Bay, on the north side of the Cape. I feel a lot more comfortable coming down to Cape Cod. I thought about doing this over a fire on the beach, if I can get a permit on time. I have been trying to figure out how we would cook the crabs since we are staying in a name brand hotel. My boys are 8 and 10, they would love that. Would you know which are the best tide pools in Cape Cod? The distance does not matter as we plan to visit a different beach every day. Question: My family and I are coming at the end of August to visit Cape Cod for the first time.