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Bushrangers Bay Aquatic Reserve

New South Wales · Australia

What have people found?

Long-spined sea urchin, eastern pencil urchin and australian blue dragon turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Wandering sea anemone, bennett's hypselodoris and mosaic sea star are the usual finds. ~179 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 4 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Bushrangers Bay Aquatic Reserve for the next three days
  1. Mon 16 Nov~7:00in the dark~20:30
  2. Tue 17 Nov~8:00in the dark~21:30
  3. Wed 18 Nov~9:00in the dark~22:00

Every low tide each day, in local time at the shore.

Plan the week in Intertidal
  • A tide chart for every day, with the best window marked
  • Identify what you find from a photo
  • An alert when a good daylight low is coming

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from January and November.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 350 meters away.
Arrive 45 minutes to an hour before low tide and leave as it turns. The water comes back faster than it left.
Grippy shoes beat sandals. Wet rock and algae are more slippery than they look. Rock pool safety
A rock pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The rockpooling code

What lives at Bushrangers Bay Aquatic Reserve?

Species records from iNaturalist

Wandering Sea AnemonePhlyctenactis tuberculosa
Bennett's HypselodorisHypselodoris bennetti
Mosaic Sea StarPlectaster decanus
Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
Black-margined NudibranchDoriprismatica atromarginata
Long-spined Sea UrchinCentrostephanus rodgersii
Common Sydney OctopusOctopus tetricus
Australian Giant CuttlefishAscarosepion apama
Australian Blue DragonPteraeolidia ianthina
Neptune's necklaceHormosira banksii
Zebra Top SnailAustrocochlea porcata
Splendid GoniobranchGoniobranchus splendidus
Eastern pencil urchinPhyllacanthus parvispinus
Clown DorisCeratosoma amoenum
White-speckled SeahareAplysia argus
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