Tomé
What have people found?
Burrowing shaggy sea cucumber, chilean kelp crab and edible chilean sea urchin turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Red sea anemone, chilean hermit crab and spoon luga are the usual finds. ~140 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 6 years of observations.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Playa Desembocadura, 29 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from October and November.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 250 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 Tomé?
Species records from iNaturalist
Red Sea AnemoneAnemonia alicemartinae
Chilean Hermit CrabPagurus edwardsii
spoon lugaMazzaella laminarioides
Large Spiny StarMeyenaster gelatinosus
Purple crabHomalaspis plana
Lessonia spicataLessonia spicata
Chiton granosusChiton granosus
Burrowing shaggy sea cucumberAthyonidium chilensis
Mesotomura echinataMesotomura echinata
Giant KelpMacrocystis pyrifera
Chondracanthus chamissoiChondracanthus chamissoi
Edible Chilean Sea UrchinLoxechinus albus
Chilean Kelp CrabTaliepus dentatus
Black Sea UrchinArbacia nigra
Phymactis papillosaPhymactis papillosa
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