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Playa Isla de Las Palomas

Campo de Gibraltar, Andalucía · Spain

What have people found?

Two lined dorid, snakelocks shrimp and red papillae dorid turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Regal sea goddess, tricolored felimare and european common cuttlefish are the usual finds. ~188 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Playa Isla de Las Palomas for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov~12:00
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~0:30~13:00
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~1:30~14:30

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 September and October.

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 Playa Isla de Las Palomas?

Species records from iNaturalist

Regal Sea GoddessFelimare picta
Tricolored FelimareFelimare tricolor
Felimare villafrancaFelimare villafranca
European Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Mediterranean Violet AeolidFlabellina affinis
Two Lined DoridFelimare bilineata
Leopard Sea SlugPeltodoris atromaculata
Cantabrian NudibranchFelimare cantabrica
Felimare orsiniiFelimare orsinii
Red Papillae DoridDiaphorodoris papillata
Rudmania purpureaRudmania purpurea
Snakelocks shrimpPericlimenes sagittifer
Krohn's DoridRudmania krohni
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
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