Playa Bayahibe
San Rafael del Yuma, La Altagracia · Dominican Republic
What have people found?
Cuban brown snail, yellowline arrow crab and sailor's eyeball alga turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Sally lightfoot crab, caribbean land hermit crab and atlantic rock-boring urchin are the usual finds. ~61 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from January and April.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 350 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 Bayahibe?
Species records from iNaturalist
Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsus
Caribbean Land Hermit CrabCoenobita clypeatus
Atlantic Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra lucunter
West Indian Fuzzy ChitonAcanthopleura granulata
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrata
Red Cushion Sea StarOreaster reticulatus
Cuban Brown SnailZachrysia provisoria
Yellowline Arrow CrabStenorhynchus seticornis
Atlantic Long-spined Sea UrchinDiadema antillarum
Bleeding Tooth NeriteNerita peloronta
sailor's eyeball algaValonia ventricosa
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
Yellow FanwormNotaulax occidentalis
Bearded FirewormHermodice carunculata
Greater Star CoralMontastraea cavernosa
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