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Crab Biology
Tidal Predictions
Horseshoe Crabs tend to spawn on the higher of the two high tides on the days just before and inlcuding the full moon. Your surveys should start at this higher high tide. The following are the estimted times of the higher high tides at Flag Pond and Selby Beach on the survey dates.Higher High Tide Times
Date Flag Pond Selby Beach Turkey Point May 29 12:16 AM 2:22 AM 2;21 AM May 30 1:04 AM 3:10 AM 3:09 AM May 31 1:50 AM 3:56 AM 3:56 AM June 1 2:37 AM 4:43 AM 4:42 AM June 2 3:24 AM 5:30 AM 5:29 AM June 3 4:11 AM 6:17 AM 6:17 AM June 12 12:35 AM 2:41 AM 3:30 AM June 13 1:25 AM 3:31 AM 3:30 AM June 14 2:10 AM 4:16 AM 4:15 AM June 15 2:52 AM 4:58 AM 4:57 AM June 16 3:20 AM 5:36 AM 5:35 AM June 17 4:07 AM 6:13 AM 6:12 AM June 27 1:51 AM 1:50 AM June 28 12:38 AM 2:44 AM 2:43 AM June 29 1:29 AM 3:35 AM 3:34 AM June 30 2:19 AM 4:25 AM 4:24 AM July 1 3:08 AM 5:14 AM 5:13 AM July 2 3:57 AM 6:03 AM 6:02 AM