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Cap des Mèdes

France métropolitaine · France

What have people found?

Pale orange crater sponge, bluish encrusting sponge and lightbulb sea squirt turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Cratena slug, mediterranean feather star and yellow cluster anemone are the usual finds. ~101 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 Cap des Mèdes for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~5:00in the dark~20:30
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~5:30in the dark~21:30
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~6:30in the dark~22:00

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 March and May.

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 Cap des Mèdes?

Species records from iNaturalist

Cratena SlugCratena peregrina
Mediterranean feather starAntedon mediterranea
Yellow Cluster AnemoneParazoanthus axinellae
Aplidium fuscumAplidium fuscum
Mediterranean Violet AeolidFlabellina affinis
Leopard Sea SlugPeltodoris atromaculata
Paraflabellina ischitanaParaflabellina ischitana
Botrylloides crystallinusBotrylloides crystallinus
Mediterranean Red Sea StarEchinaster sepositus
red sea squirtHalocynthia papillosa
Yellow GorgonianEunicella cavolini
Bluish Encrusting SpongePhorbas tenacior
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Pale Orange Crater SpongeHemimycale columella
Lightbulb Sea SquirtClavelina lepadiformis
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