Cap de Bon-Désir
La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec · Canada
What have people found?
Polar six-rayed star, bushy-backed nudibranch and shag-rug nudibranch turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Northern acorn barnacle, arctic green sea urchin and knotted wrack are the usual finds. ~33 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have the numbers a tide curve is drawn from for this stretch of coast yet. The water here moves about 2.9 m between high and low.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from August and September.
What should you know before visiting?
Customer parking is about 300 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 Cap de Bon-Désir?
Species records from iNaturalist
Northern Acorn BarnacleSemibalanus balanoides
Arctic Green Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Rough PeriwinkleLittorina saxatilis
Atlantic Rock CrabCancer irroratus
Silver Spotted AnemoneAulactinia stella
RockweedFucus distichus
Shag-rug NudibranchAeolidia papillosa
Polar Six-rayed StarLeptasterias polaris
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Clathromorphum circumscriptumClathromorphum circumscriptum
Tortoiseshell LimpetTestudinalia testudinalis
DabberlocksAlaria esculenta
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Bushy-backed NudibranchDendronotus frondosus
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