Playa de Aira
Laredo, Cantabria · Spain
What have people found?
Scribbled nudibranch, northwest pacific brown alga and cantabrian nudibranch turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Marbled crab, japanese wireweed and brown tuning-fork weed are the usual finds. ~65 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 August.
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 de Aira?
Species records from iNaturalist
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Japanese WireweedSargassum muticum
brown tuning-fork weedBifurcaria bifurcata
Atlantic Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Cantabrian NudibranchFelimare cantabrica
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Pacific OysterMagallana gigas
Northwest Pacific brown algaRugulopteryx okamurae
Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragacea
scribbled nudibranchDoriopsilla areolata
Garden SnailCornu aspersum
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Spotted SeahareAplysia punctata
Portuguese Man o' WarPhysalia physalis
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