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Plage de Domino

France métropolitaine · France

What have people found?

Pennant's topshell, honeycomb worm and compass jelly turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Hairy porcelain crab, marbled crab and rockpool prawn are the usual finds. ~35 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Les Perouses, 34 kilometers away.

What is the best time to visit today?

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

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 July and August.

What should you know before visiting?

Customer parking is about 300 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 de Domino?

Species records from iNaturalist

Hairy Porcelain CrabPorcellana platycheles
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
Honeycomb WormSabellaria alveolata
Purple TopshellSteromphala umbilicalis
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Montagu's CrabXantho hydrophilus
Pacific OysterMagallana gigas
Pennant's topshellSteromphala pennanti
White Italian SnailTheba pisana
Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragacea
Compass JellyChrysaora hysoscella
Lined Top ShellPhorcus lineatus
Spurilla neapolitanaSpurilla neapolitana
Dwarf Brittle StarAmphipholis squamata
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