Some photos and info. This zone is just reached by the ocean's spray. Only really high tides, usually during winter reach this zone. Periwinkles live on the higher rocks of this zone, where they barley ever get splashed by the ocean. Limpets are usually on the lower end of this zone.
Barnacles can also live here.
This zone is exposed to waves only during high tides, which adds to it's ability to provide a home to a greater variety of life than the spray zone. The organisms that live in this zone have to have the ability to live periods in contact with air. Barnacles are an example of a well adapted organisms because of their ability to cement themselves to the rocks and close up when the tide is out. When the tide goes out, seawater is often trapped in the rocks, forming permanent tide pools. Hermit crabs are one of the organisms that can be found in these pools, along with sculpinthe small fish.