Go to a rocky West Coast beach at low tide, and you’ll see a constellation of small, glassy pools of water, the residual ocean left behind when it was tugged away by the moon. These pools are an ...

Tide pools (also tidal pools or rock pools) are rocky pools by the ocean that are filled with seawater. Tide pools can either be small and shallow or large and deep. The small ones are usually found ...

Of all the remarkable things about tide pools, No. 1 on the list has to be this: Each visit offers an opportunity to observe something new. Will an octopus peek out from under a rock? Will warty sea ...

Keoki Stender is the author and photographer of a book titled “A Pocket Guide to Hawaiʻi's Tide Pools and Reefs." He spoke to ...