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Plage d'Audresselles

France métropolitaine · France

What have people found?

Irish moss, asian shore crab and common coralline turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Atlantic beadlet anemone, european green crab and common sea star are the usual finds. ~54 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 Plage d'Audresselles for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov~10:00in the dark~22:00
  2. Mon 16 Nov~10:30in the dark~23:00
  3. Tue 17 Nov~11:30in the dark~23:30

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?

Parking is about 350 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 Plage d'Audresselles?

Species records from iNaturalist

Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Common Sea StarAsterias rubens
Common European LimpetPatella vulgata
Hairy Porcelain CrabPorcellana platycheles
Japanese WireweedSargassum muticum
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
Common CorallineCorallina officinalis
Irish MossChondrus crispus
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puber
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Asian Shore CrabHemigrapsus sanguineus
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Blue MusselMytilus edulis
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
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