tide pool
noun
: a pool of salt water left (as in a rock basin) by an ebbing tide
called also tidal pool
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Just west of town, the Salt Creek Recreation has rocky tide pools and sandy pockets to keep the children busy.
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Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 6 Dec. 2025
Visitors can also enjoy year-round coastal adventures like sea turtle programs, tide pool talks, and kayaking around Little Tybee Island.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2025
In addition to Swami’s, some of the best tide pool locations include Cabrillo National Monument at the south end of Point Loma, Sunset Cliffs Natural Park in Pacific Beach, Bird Rock and Shell Beach in La Jolla, Dike Rock at La Jolla Shores and the pools at the south end of Cardiff State Beach.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025
This side of the breakwater was lined with tide pools formed from ECOncrete, a composite cement that mimics natural rock formations.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 6 Dec. 2025
Visitors can also enjoy year-round coastal adventures like sea turtle programs, tide pool talks, and kayaking around Little Tybee Island.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2025
In addition to Swami’s, some of the best tide pool locations include Cabrillo National Monument at the south end of Point Loma, Sunset Cliffs Natural Park in Pacific Beach, Bird Rock and Shell Beach in La Jolla, Dike Rock at La Jolla Shores and the pools at the south end of Cardiff State Beach.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025
This side of the breakwater was lined with tide pools formed from ECOncrete, a composite cement that mimics natural rock formations.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tide pool
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“Tide pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tide%20pool. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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