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Playa Los Piures

Provincia de Cardenal Caro, Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins · Chile

What have people found?

Burrowing shaggy sea cucumber, magellanic unicorn and spoon luga turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Common light-striated sea star, south american multiradiate sun star and peruvian periwinkle are the usual finds. ~33 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Playa Los Piures for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov~10:00~20:30
  2. Mon 16 Nov~11:00in the dark~21:30
  3. Tue 17 Nov~12:00in the dark~23:00

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?

Customer parking is about 200 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 Playa Los Piures?

Species records from iNaturalist

Phymactis papillosaPhymactis papillosa
Common Light-striated Sea StarStichaster striatus
South American Multiradiate Sun StarHeliaster helianthus
Peruvian periwinkleEchinolittorina peruviana
Purple MusselPerumytilus purpuratus
Mesotomura echinataMesotomura echinata
spoon lugaMazzaella laminarioides
Black Sea UrchinArbacia nigra
Magellanic UnicornAcanthina monodon
Lessonia spicataLessonia spicata
Pyura chilensisPyura chilensis
Burrowing shaggy sea cucumberAthyonidium chilensis
Giant KelpMacrocystis pyrifera
Purple Rock CrabLeptograpsus variegatus
Thick keyhole limpetFissurella crassa
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