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Coast Encounters

Name: Coast Encounters
Address: Wells, ME, 04090, US
Telephone: (207) 831-4436

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For tourists and natives alike, tidepool explorations with Coast Encounters are a unique, fun, and hands-on way to learn about Maine’s rocky coast!

Carol Steingart is a marine science educator who has been conducting intertidal programs for over 20 years. Carol, also known as “Coastal Carol,” fell in love with the marine world when she first went to the Shoals Marine Laboratory as an undergraduate at the University of New Hampshire in 1977. Having grown up on the flat, sandy beaches of Long Island, NY, she was immediately captivated by the rocky shoreline of Maine and the critters under the rocks. After working in the freshwater streams of New Hampshire in the 70s, and in the music recording engineering field in the 80s, she returned to her passion in the tide pools of Maine when she was asked to bring in some marine creatures to her daughter’s second grade class. Her presentation on tide pool critters was so good, the teachers and students asked her back year after year. Today, Carol offers unique intertidal excursions on the Maine coast to small groups and brings the tide pools to schools and other locations. Carol’s favorite marine creature is the horseshoe crab. Her passion for horseshoe crabs comes out in her special program offerings and excursions featuring these “prehistoric helmets of the sea.”Carol holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Conservation from the University of New Hampshire. She is a Shoals Marine Lab faculty member and a lifetime member of the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA). Carol is also a past president and lifetime member of the Gulf of Maine Marine Education Association (GOMMEA). She holds a Maine state license to collect intertidal organisms for educational purposes.Whether she is leading excursions to the rocky shore or bringing live organisms into the classroom, libraries, birthday parties, camps, or assisted living facilities, kids and grown-ups love Carol’s enthusiastic approach to hands-on learning.

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween !
(photo credit: Gulf of Maine Research Institute)

10/27/2026

Just shy of a dollar

09/20/2026

This looks incredible! Wish I could make it down. Anyone in the NY vicinity please post photos in the comments here, thx

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdfUfsmHe4p/?img_index=4&stkn=MXVzczZodzloMWFoZA==

09/20/2026

Tattoos in Tidepools

09/12/2026

09/07/2026

A camera - shy sea star 😆

08/31/2026

Effervescing with excitement at 6am!

08/29/2026

Sea Urchin Central

08/28/2026

A handful of hermits

08/15/2026

ART MEETS SCIENCE!!
Extraordinary👏🏻👏🏻

https://www.instagram.com/p/Db4AHhJj4cg/?img_index=1

Address

Wells, ME
04090

Opening Hours

Monday	6am - 9pm
Tuesday	6am - 9pm
Wednesday	6am - 9pm
Thursday	6am - 9pm
Friday	6am - 9pm
Saturday	6am - 9pm
Sunday	6am - 9pm

Telephone

(207) 831-4436

Website

http://coastencounters.com/

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