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India Hawthorne blooming, worm blood moon, possible moonbow
March's lowest tides, first grunion run of 2025
India Hawthorne is a popular landscape plant in San Diego due to its evergreen leaves, fragrant flowers, and tolerance to heat, salt and drought conditions.
India Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepsis indica) is one of the most common flowering shrubs used in landscaping as hedges and dividers in San Diego. It is blooming best right now, with blossoms ranging in hue from pinkish white to vivid pink. The bloom will be followed by dark blue berries that will remain through winter. The plant, which has several varieties, is an evergreen, and is not only drought resistant but also resistant to salt spray — so it is common in coastal gardens.
India Hawthorne
The final full moon of the winter season will rise from the Eastern horizon just before sunset on Thursday, March 13. It will reach peak brightness at 11:55 pm. This full moon will be a "Worm Blood Moon." A full lunar eclipse is also called a Blood Moon. When a lunar eclipse occurs, the Sun, Moon, and Earth all line up such that the Earth is between the Moon and Sun The earth casts its shadow on the moon, which often appears reddish in color, leading to the name Blood Moon. The title "Worm Moon" may refer to earthworms coming up out of the warming soil, beetle larva emerging from tree bark in anticipation of spring.
Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon over North Park
To make the night even more special, we might see a moonbow on Thursday. Moonbows, which are similar to rainbows in that light is refracted by water droplets in the atmosphere, occur when there is sufficient moisture in the air and the full moon is low in the sky. When our second storm of the week passes late on Thursday night, check the skies for this rare sight.
lowtide in coronado
The two lowest tides of the month are a -1.02-foot tide at 2:43 pm on Monday, March 10, and a -0.95-foot tide at 3:13 pm on Tuesday, March 11. The timing of the low-tide events is nearly ideal for making tidepool discoveries along San Diego’s rocky sections of coastline.
Grunion may be taken by hand only. No holes may be dug in the beach to entrap them.
Grunion Season begins this weekend. Friday March 14 through Monday the 17th from approximately 10:30pm to 1:30 am. These spawning runs occur from Spring through Summer and align with the full and new moons. The female grunion swim as far onto the beach as possible and submerge their bodies halfway into the sand and lay their eggs. The males then come along and fertilize them. The males quickly return to the water and the females tend to hang out longer, sometimes minutes, and return when the next large wave comes allowing them to return to the ocean.
The powers that be encourage watching this behavior rather than collecting the fish. If you must, gather the fish when they are returning to the water so that the spawning process has completed and future generations have a better chance at happening. The females do not die after spawning; in fact, they can spawn over several days of a 4-day event and spawn again every year of their three- to four-year lifespan.
A California fishing license is required for anyone 16 and older to take grunion. They must be taken by hand, and no holes can be dug in the sand to trap them. A daily limit of 30 fish per person is strictly enforced. Check the county website for details.
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India Hawthorne blooming, worm blood moon, possible moonbow
March's lowest tides, first grunion run of 2025
India Hawthorne blooming, worm blood moon, possible moonbow
March's lowest tides, first grunion run of 2025
India Hawthorne is a popular landscape plant in San Diego due to its evergreen leaves, fragrant flowers, and tolerance to heat, salt and drought conditions.
India Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepsis indica) is one of the most common flowering shrubs used in landscaping as hedges and dividers in San Diego. It is blooming best right now, with blossoms ranging in hue from pinkish white to vivid pink. The bloom will be followed by dark blue berries that will remain through winter. The plant, which has several varieties, is an evergreen, and is not only drought resistant but also resistant to salt spray — so it is common in coastal gardens.
India Hawthorne
The final full moon of the winter season will rise from the Eastern horizon just before sunset on Thursday, March 13. It will reach peak brightness at 11:55 pm. This full moon will be a "Worm Blood Moon." A full lunar eclipse is also called a Blood Moon. When a lunar eclipse occurs, the Sun, Moon, and Earth all line up such that the Earth is between the Moon and Sun The earth casts its shadow on the moon, which often appears reddish in color, leading to the name Blood Moon. The title "Worm Moon" may refer to earthworms coming up out of the warming soil, beetle larva emerging from tree bark in anticipation of spring.
Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon over North Park
To make the night even more special, we might see a moonbow on Thursday. Moonbows, which are similar to rainbows in that light is refracted by water droplets in the atmosphere, occur when there is sufficient moisture in the air and the full moon is low in the sky. When our second storm of the week passes late on Thursday night, check the skies for this rare sight.
lowtide in coronado
The two lowest tides of the month are a -1.02-foot tide at 2:43 pm on Monday, March 10, and a -0.95-foot tide at 3:13 pm on Tuesday, March 11. The timing of the low-tide events is nearly ideal for making tidepool discoveries along San Diego’s rocky sections of coastline.
Grunion may be taken by hand only. No holes may be dug in the beach to entrap them.
Grunion Season begins this weekend. Friday March 14 through Monday the 17th from approximately 10:30pm to 1:30 am. These spawning runs occur from Spring through Summer and align with the full and new moons. The female grunion swim as far onto the beach as possible and submerge their bodies halfway into the sand and lay their eggs. The males then come along and fertilize them. The males quickly return to the water and the females tend to hang out longer, sometimes minutes, and return when the next large wave comes allowing them to return to the ocean.
The powers that be encourage watching this behavior rather than collecting the fish. If you must, gather the fish when they are returning to the water so that the spawning process has completed and future generations have a better chance at happening. The females do not die after spawning; in fact, they can spawn over several days of a 4-day event and spawn again every year of their three- to four-year lifespan.
A California fishing license is required for anyone 16 and older to take grunion. They must be taken by hand, and no holes can be dug in the sand to trap them. A daily limit of 30 fish per person is strictly enforced. Check the county website for details.
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