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Plage de Loc'h Roz

France métropolitaine · France

What have people found?

Cantabrian nudibranch, green ormer and common brittle star turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Spiny starfish, krohn's dorid and cushion star are the usual finds. ~114 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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

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 September and October.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 100 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 Loc'h Roz?

Species records from iNaturalist

Spiny StarfishMarthasterias glacialis
Krohn's DoridRudmania krohni
Cushion StarAsterina gibbosa
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puber
Green OrmerHaliotis tuberculata
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Montagu's CrabXantho hydrophilus
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Hairy Porcelain CrabPorcellana platycheles
Common Brittle StarOphiothrix fragilis
Cantabrian NudibranchFelimare cantabrica
Saw WrackFucus serratus
Star TunicateBotryllus schlosseri
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