Tajiguas Beach

Santa Barbara, CA

Tri-club fieldtrip

March 14, 2010

Enjoy a winter day at the beach! On March 14, our fieldtrip will be to Tajiguas Beach North of Santa Barbara, about two miles beyond Refugio Beach. We will be hunting for petrified whalebone and concretions with petrified wood or whalebone enclosed in rock. Stop at the first turn out space along the highway and look for the tri-club signs in the parking spot along the highway. Note the distance from California Street in Ventura is 54.1 miles.

Distance: from California Street in Ventura is 54.1 miles.

Meeting: On Sunday morning March 14, we will meet at the trail leading to the beach at 10:00 a.m. Low tide is at 2:33 p.m. and after a couple hours of running up and down the beach it should be a great spot for a picnic lunch, if the weather cooperates.

Tools: You will need a bucket or pack to carry back your finds. Do not forget hat, sunscreen, water and lunch. Bring a variety of clothing for everything between sunny and hot to windy and cool. Pray for oceanic storms to wash the sand away and expose the rocks and whale bones. If you attend the Ant Hill sharks teeth dig with Rob Sankovich, you will now have some bones to go with your sharks teeth.

Contact Ron Wise, Field trip coordinator