We are, fortunately, getting little breaks of sunshine this spring, coinciding this weekend with a particularly low tide – as seen between Second and Third Beaches:
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The result: rippled sand that looks almost metallic in the sun, contrasting with the outcroppings of moss-like greens on bars normally below water:
IIRC, that section of stanley park by siwash rock developed from a lateral volcanic vent from distant mt garibaldi.
http://www.mineralsed.ca/i/pdf/StanleyParkGeotour2011web_ME.pdf
(page 12)
Today’s low tide is 4.8 feet. Really low tide (1.2′) coming on Sunday the 28th at 2:12 pm. Good day for a beach walk! (May 26th: 0.3′ tide @ 1:07pm)