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Kerandraon

Finistère, Bretagne · France

What have people found?

Rosy feather star, devonshire cup coral and lightbulb sea squirt turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Dead man's fingers, red sea fingers and white atlantic cadlina are the usual finds. ~293 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Kerandraon for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~2:00~14:30
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~3:00~15:30
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~4:00~16:30

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 May and June.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 150 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 Kerandraon?

Species records from iNaturalist

Polycera kernowensisPolycera kernowensis
Dead Man's FingersAlcyonium digitatum
Red Sea FingersAlcyonium glomeratum
White Atlantic CadlinaCadlina laevis
Pink CoryphellaEdmundsella pedata
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Lightbulb Sea SquirtClavelina lepadiformis
Rosy Feather StarAntedon bifida
Sandalled AnemoneActinothoe sphyrodeta
Colpodaspis pusillaColpodaspis pusilla
Jewel AnemoneCorynactis viridis
Polycera faeroensisPolycera faeroensis
Diaphorodoris albaDiaphorodoris alba
Devonshire Cup CoralCaryophyllia smithii
Dahlia AnemoneUrticina felina
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