Ship Harbor Tidepooling
Ship Harbor is a relatively easy 1.3 mile round-trip trail that passes by some easily accessible mudflats, with rocky tidepools accessible at low tide at the farther end of the trail. The tidepools mostly contain snails, multiple types of algae, crabs, urchins, and sea anemones.
The best time to look through tidepools is between an hour and a half before and after low tide. The optimal time to start is shortly before a low tide, and to end as the tide starts to rise. Below on this page we have a table that shows the safe times to cross. (You can jump now to see good times to go tidepooling here.)
This is highly subjective, but in our opinion, this trail is nicer than the nearby Wonderland Trail, but the tidepooling is better at Wonderland.
You can get more information on the hike from the National Park Service’s site.
Good Times to Go Tidepooling at Ship Harbor
▲ Blue = High Tide ▼ Red = Low Tide| Day | 1st Good Times | 2nd Good Times | 1st Tide | 2nd Tide | 3rd Tide | 4th Tide | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sun | 5:26 AM → 8:26 AM | 5:54 PM → 8:54 PM |
1:22 AM ▲ 9.71 ft |
6:56 AM ▼ 1.39 ft |
1:29 PM ▲ 10.35 ft |
7:24 PM ▼ 0.77 ft |
6:38 AM | 6:04 PM |
| 7 Mon | 6:01 AM → 9:01 AM | 6:34 PM → 9:34 PM |
1:58 AM ▲ 9.42 ft |
7:31 AM ▼ 1.66 ft |
2:05 PM ▲ 10.19 ft |
8:04 PM ▼ 0.94 ft |
6:39 AM | 6:02 PM |
| 8 Tue | 6:41 AM → 9:41 AM | 7:19 PM → 10:19 PM |
2:39 AM ▲ 9.13 ft |
8:11 AM ▼ 1.9 ft |
2:47 PM ▲ 10.01 ft |
8:49 PM ▼ 1.11 ft |
6:40 AM | 6:00 PM |
| 9 Wed | 7:27 AM → 10:27 AM | 8:10 PM → 11:10 PM |
3:24 AM ▲ 8.86 ft |
8:57 AM ▼ 2.1 ft |
3:35 PM ▲ 9.85 ft |
9:40 PM ▼ 1.22 ft |
6:41 AM | 5:59 PM |
| 10 Thu | 8:21 AM → 11:21 AM | 9:09 PM → 12:09 AM |
4:17 AM ▲ 8.67 ft |
9:51 AM ▼ 2.2 ft |
4:30 PM ▲ 9.77 ft |
10:39 PM ▼ 1.23 ft |
6:43 AM | 5:57 PM |
| 11 Fri | 9:22 AM → 12:22 PM | 10:11 PM → 1:11 AM |
5:18 AM ▲ 8.66 ft |
10:52 AM ▼ 2.13 ft |
5:34 PM ▲ 9.85 ft |
11:41 PM ▼ 1.04 ft |
6:44 AM | 5:55 PM |
| 12 Sat | 10:28 AM → 1:28 PM | 11:13 PM → 2:13 AM |
6:22 AM ▲ 8.92 ft |
11:58 AM ▼ 1.81 ft |
6:40 PM ▲ 10.14 ft |
6:45 AM | 5:53 PM | |
| 13 Sun | 11:13 PM → 2:13 AM | 11:33 AM → 2:33 PM |
12:43 AM ▼ 0.66 ft |
7:24 AM ▲ 9.46 ft |
1:03 PM ▼ 1.23 ft |
7:43 PM ▲ 10.6 ft |
6:46 AM | 5:52 PM |
| 14 Mon | 12:12 AM → 3:12 AM | 12:34 PM → 3:34 PM |
1:42 AM ▼ 0.15 ft |
8:21 AM ▲ 10.22 ft |
2:04 PM ▼ 0.46 ft |
8:42 PM ▲ 11.14 ft |
6:48 AM | 5:50 PM |
| 15 Tue | 1:05 AM → 4:05 AM | 1:30 PM → 4:30 PM |
2:35 AM ▼ -0.37 ft |
9:14 AM ▲ 11.07 ft |
3:00 PM ▼ -0.35 ft |
9:38 PM ▲ 11.62 ft |
6:49 AM | 5:48 PM |
| 16 Wed | 1:56 AM → 4:56 AM | 2:23 PM → 5:23 PM |
3:26 AM ▼ -0.79 ft |
10:04 AM ▲ 11.86 ft |
3:53 PM ▼ -1.08 ft |
10:31 PM ▲ 11.95 ft |
6:50 AM | 5:47 PM |
| 17 Thu | 2:45 AM → 5:45 AM | 3:15 PM → 6:15 PM |
4:15 AM ▼ -1.02 ft |
10:52 AM ▲ 12.47 ft |
4:45 PM ▼ -1.59 ft |
11:22 PM ▲ 12.05 ft |
6:51 AM | 5:45 PM |
| 18 Fri | 3:34 AM → 6:34 AM | 4:06 PM → 7:06 PM |
5:04 AM ▼ -1.02 ft |
11:40 AM ▲ 12.8 ft |
5:36 PM ▼ -1.81 ft |
6:53 AM | 5:43 PM | |
| 19 Sat | 4:23 AM → 7:23 AM | 4:58 PM → 7:58 PM |
12:13 AM ▲ 11.9 ft |
5:53 AM ▼ -0.79 ft |
12:29 PM ▲ 12.81 ft |
6:28 PM ▼ -1.72 ft |
6:54 AM | 5:42 PM |
| 20 Sun | 5:13 AM → 8:13 AM | 5:51 PM → 8:51 PM |
1:05 AM ▲ 11.54 ft |
6:43 AM ▼ -0.36 ft |
1:19 PM ▲ 12.51 ft |
7:21 PM ▼ -1.35 ft |
6:55 AM | 5:40 PM |
You can view more details on tides here at our full Southwest Harbor page.
Southwest Harbor Tides & Fishing Times