0.5 mile loop hike. Moderate. Check tide tables for low tides.
Take California Avenue off Highway One in Moss Beach.
Interpretive Center and docent tours.
Information: Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, (650) 728-3584.
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is THE place to marvel at the diversity of Coastside geology and aquatic life. At low tide the exposed tidepools and the concentric rings of offshore rocks beckon you to explore. In quiet pools, look for hermit crabs, purple shore crabs, and starfish. One of the more common algae is the brown, thirty-foot-long feather boa kelp. If you look up quickly, you may catch a harbor seal watching you.
From the sheltered sandy cove at the south end of the Reserve, take the trail to the bluff tops to return to the parking lot. Walk through the tangled garden of an old estate and through a century-old forest of wind-sculpted Monterey cypress trees. In the spring, California gray whales migrate north offshore. In the summer and fall, brown pelicans skim the wave tops.
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