The Ocean City Beach Patrol guards the resort’s beaches seven days a week from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. While on duty, they often get questions from beachgoers. The following is our Question of the Week.

King tides exhibit what sea level rise and the threats it poses may look like in the future. But, along with the low tides, ...

LAGUNA BEACH – As Calla Allison strolled along the sandy beach, she was amazed at the number of people out at the Heisler Park tide pool. It’s wintertime, but the crowds hadn’t diminished. Her natural ...

In Myrtle Beach, spending time at the beach usually means swimming in the ocean, laying in the sun or fishing. But if you know the right place, you can also hang out at tide pools. Tide pools in the ...

Rain was blowing sideways on the rocky shores of the central Oregon coast as Jamie Kish, clad in a rain jacket, leggings, and sandals with rainbow-striped socks, casually waded knee-deep through the ...

La Jolla’s tide pools were chosen as one of two statewide sites for the June 1 kickoff of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s month-long Snapshot Cal Coast initiative. Despite gray skies, ...

Just when you thought there was nothing left to the holidays but tree recycling, gift returning and cookie withdrawal comes a late-breaking bulletin from the celebration front. Make room in your life ...

Very low tides, along with increasingly early sunrises, are expected on the North Olympic Peninsula beginning Monday. It all adds up to a week of opportunity for tide-poolers. Spring minus tides — ...

Kasey Eunice hops from wet rock to wet rock, making his way along the slippery landscape of a local tide pool. The world he explains is as teeming as it is vibrant. Purple sea urchins sway with the ...

Low tide reveals an entire world of intertidal-zone life, sea stars, undulating anemones and tiny, colorful nudibranchs living in the rocky pools near shore. So check the tide charts, grab shoes that ...