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Plage du Magouero - surveillée

France métropolitaine · France

What have people found?

South-claw hermit crab, european sand hopper and montagu's crab turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Spiny starfish, saw wrack and honeycomb worm are the usual finds. ~53 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Plage du Magouero - surveillée for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~2:00~14:30
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~2:30~15:30
  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 July and August.

What should you know before visiting?

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 du Magouero - surveillée?

Species records from iNaturalist

Spiny StarfishMarthasterias glacialis
Saw WrackFucus serratus
Honeycomb WormSabellaria alveolata
Common Sea StarAsterias rubens
Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragacea
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
Montagu's CrabXantho hydrophilus
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
By-the-wind SailorVelella velella
Edible CrabCancer pagurus
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
European Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
European Sand HopperTalitrus saltator
South-claw Hermit CrabDiogenes pugilator
Lined Top ShellPhorcus lineatus
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