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Ragged Beach

Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador · Canada

What have people found?

Red-fingered coryphella, silver spotted anemone and baltic isopod turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Northern acorn barnacle, arctic green sea urchin and atlantic rock crab are the usual finds. ~25 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 0.8 m between high and low.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from May and June.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 100 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 Ragged Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Northern Acorn BarnacleSemibalanus balanoides
Arctic Green Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Atlantic Rock CrabCancer irroratus
Silver Spotted AnemoneAulactinia stella
Common Sea StarAsterias rubens
Red-fingered CoryphellaCoryphella verrucosa
Baltic IsopodIdotea balthica
Tortoiseshell LimpetTestudinalia testudinalis
Rough PeriwinkleLittorina saxatilis
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Northern Horse MusselModiolus modiolus
Common Shiny WoodlouseOniscus asellus
American LobsterHomarus americanus
Western Dusky SlugArion subfuscus
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
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