Seaweed Education

The Intertidal classroom

At the year's lowest tides I take small groups out to find, name, and cook the edible seaweeds of the Salish Sea. Between walks I publish recipes, field guides, and the harvest rules for the whole coast.

Sunrise over a seaweed-covered intertidal zone

[Next scheduled walk]

Monday, September 7

7:00 AM Pacific

Fort Ebey State Park90 min10 adult spots leftSeaweed Foraging Walk
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Where to go from here

[On the beach]

Foraging Walks

Public low-tide walks and private circles up to six, with broth on the beach.

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[At the table]

Tastings & Workshops

Private tasting menus, hands-on cooking workshops, and seaweed-forward catering.

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[Before you go]

Coast Guide

Harvest law for Washington, Oregon, and California, plus a map of open beaches.

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[Everyone else]

Along the Coast

Festivals, friends' tours, and the teachers I'd send you to up and down the coast.

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[Look up]

Whale Watch

A live map of recent orca and whale reports, with the closest shore viewpoint to each.

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[In the kitchen]

Recipes

Pickles, broths, furikake, and seasonal preparations — most of them free to read.

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[Take it with you]

Downloads

Field guides and printable PDFs for the shore, priced accessibly.

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A few principles

A pile of freshly harvested kelp and red seaweed

Take a little

Foraging ethics first. I never strip a bed and I never harvest what I can't ID with certainty.

A small octopus held in cupped hands above a tidepool

Know your shore

Every cove is its own ecosystem. I learn each one by spending time on specific beaches across seasons.

Sunset reflecting in a quiet tidepool

Cook it well

Wild food is only as good as what you do with it. Half the work is in the kitchen, post-harvest.

How bookings work: walks are scheduled events tied to a specific beach and tide window. Pick a published date, sign the waiver, meet on the beach — parking and meetup details come with your confirmation and live on the walks page.

[Field Notes: the list]

A quiet note from the tideline, now and then.

New field guides, the occasional tour date, small-batch drops, and stray observations worth passing along. No noise. Unsubscribe anytime.

[Sponsor the Driftline rate]

Keep the sliding scale alive

The Driftline rate lets me work with low-income founders, disabled-led businesses, mutual-aid groups, and BIPOC/Indigenous/queer/trans-led teams at a deep discount — sometimes 40–60% off the listed range. If you've got the means and want to help more of those projects get built, a direct gift offsets the gap and keeps the studio solvent while I do it.