I’ve been working on developing a line of plush nudibranchs since 2021, when I found my first Opalescent Nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornis) in an Oregon Coast tidepool. I’ve been an avid tidepooler my entire life, but I rarely see nudibranchs. When I stumbled across this “opie” and it crawled into my open hand, I was enthralled. My seven-year-old son was obsessed with stuffed animals at the time, and so I naturally wondered, “Where can I buy him a plush nudibranch?” Well, it turns out that plush nudibranchs didn’t exist yet - so I decided to create the world’s very first line of stuffed sea slugs.

Two years later, I am proud to announce the launch of four plush nudibranchs, all made with the highest attention to quality and detail. As a lover of the ocean, a strong environmental policy is important to me. All purchases from Ebb Tide Toys support ocean conservation in two ways:

1. Nudibranchs are filled with fiberfill stuffing made from recycled plastic water bottles

2. A portion of proceeds from every Ebb Tide Toys purchase is donated to leading ocean conservation organizations