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Cabo Frio

Rio de Janeiro · Brazil

What have people found?

Mottled seahare, brazilian red sea star and five-slotted sand dollar turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Atlantic ghost crab, mottled shore crab and intertidal zebra snail are the usual finds. ~102 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Cabo Frio for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~0:00~12:30
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~1:00~14:00
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~2:30~15:00

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 December.

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 Cabo Frio?

Species records from iNaturalist

Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrata
Mottled Shore CrabPachygrapsus transversus
Bostrycapulus oditesBostrycapulus odites
Lottia subrugosaLottia subrugosa
Intertidal Zebra SnailEchinolittorina lineolata
Mottled SeahareAplysia brasiliana
Stramonita brasiliensisStramonita brasiliensis
Speckled Swimming CrabArenaeus cribrarius
Brazilian red sea starEchinaster brasiliensis
Brazilian red anemoneBunodosoma caissarum
Fissurella itapemaFissurella itapema
Five-slotted Sand DollarMellita quinquiesperforata
Wharf LouseLigia exotica
Atlantic Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra lucunter
Brazilian Starlet CoralSiderastrea stellata
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