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Anse Sainte-Catherine

France métropolitaine · France

What have people found?

Trumpet anemone, tricolored felimare and mediterranean violet aeolid turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Mediterranean red sea star, snakelocks anemone and saint piran's hermit crab are the usual finds. ~110 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Anse Sainte-Catherine for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~4:00in the dark~21:00
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~4:30in the dark~21:30
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~5:30in the dark~22:30

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 February and June.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 700 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 Anse Sainte-Catherine?

Species records from iNaturalist

Mediterranean Red Sea StarEchinaster sepositus
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Saint Piran's Hermit CrabClibanarius erythropus
Tricolored FelimareFelimare tricolor
Mediterranean Beadlet AnemoneActinia mediterranea
Atlantic Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Gold SpongeAplysina aerophoba
Turbinate MonodontPhorcus turbinatus
Cushion StarAsterina gibbosa
Cribrinopsis crassaCribrinopsis crassa
Hairy Porcelain CrabPorcellana platycheles
Mediterranean Violet AeolidFlabellina affinis
Leopard Sea SlugPeltodoris atromaculata
Trumpet anemoneAiptasia mutabilis
Phorcus richardiPhorcus richardi
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