Little Corona del Mar
Corona del Mar, Newport Beach · near Newport Beach · Los Angeles / SoCal
Tidepooling
At a glance
- Fee
- Free — residential street parking (scarce on minus-tide weekends)
- Season
- Year-round · dogs banned 10am–4:30pm
What is here
- Species
- Octopus · Sea hares · Sunburst anemones · Arch Rock landmark
- Highlights
- Arch Rock
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
- Gear
- Wet-friendly shoes · Early arrival for street parking · Tide chart · Respect the city's no-removal rule — even empty shells
Tidepooling detail
- Nickname
- Arch Rock Pools
- Pool type
- reef-shelf
- Program
- self-guided
- Mpa
- Crystal Cove SMCA / Newport Beach city marine protection
- Best tide
- Below 0.0 ft; pools flank Arch Rock at the south end
- Docent note
- City marine-protection staff run school programs; no fixed public schedule
- Intl tip
- Free but parking-starved — arrive early on low-tide weekends. The ramp at Poppy Ave & Ocean Blvd is the access; pools flank Arch Rock. Newport bans taking anything, including empty shells. Combine with Balboa Island's ferry-and-frozen-banana circuit.
- Directions note
- Ramp at Poppy Ave & Ocean Blvd; street parking evaporates on minus-tide weekends
The guide
Little Corona del Mar is Newport Beach's neighborhood tidepool classic — a pocket cove at the foot of Poppy Avenue where a pave…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Little Corona del Mar — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.5892, -117.8687