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La Manneporte

France métropolitaine · France

What have people found?

Pepper dulse, oarweed and asian shore crab turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Atlantic beadlet anemone, snakelocks anemone and european green crab are the usual finds. ~57 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 3 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at La Manneporte for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov~8:30in the dark~20:30
  2. Mon 16 Nov~9:00in the dark~21:30
  3. Tue 17 Nov~10:00in 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 April and July.

What should you know before visiting?

Customer parking is about 250 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 La Manneporte?

Species records from iNaturalist

Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Garden SnailCornu aspersum
Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragacea
Saw WrackFucus serratus
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
Lined Top ShellPhorcus lineatus
OarweedLaminaria digitata
Common Sea SlaterLigia oceanica
Common European LimpetPatella vulgata
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
Asian Shore CrabHemigrapsus sanguineus
Pepper DulseOsmundea pinnatifida
Edible CrabCancer pagurus
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