San Josecito
Puntarenas · Costa Rica
What have people found?
Narrow tree crab, american nipper and fire tentacle anemone turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Ecuadorian hermit crab, halloween crab and hancock's river prawn are the usual finds. ~36 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve, 53 kilometers away.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Playa Matapalito, 30 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from January and August.
What should you know before visiting?
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 San Josecito?
Species records from iNaturalist
Ecuadorian Hermit CrabCoenobita compressus
Halloween CrabHartnollius quadratus
Hancock's River PrawnMacrobrachium hancocki
Narrow Tree CrabArmases angustum
Stokes's ChitonChiton stokesii
Fire Tentacle AnemoneBunodosoma grande
American NipperGeograpsus lividus
cauque river prawnMacrobrachium americanum
purple bristle crabEriphides hispida
Blue Sea StarPhataria unifascialis
Neaxius vivesiNeaxius vivesi
Clibanarius albidigitusClibanarius albidigitus
Euglandina giganteaEuglandina gigantea
Pacific Mottled Shore CrabPachygrapsus socius
Riddle NavanaxNavanax aenigmaticus
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