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Plage Fort Hikéric

Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire · France

What have people found?

Green sea urchin, netted dogwhelk and common brittle star turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Atlantic beadlet anemone, hairy porcelain crab and european green crab are the usual finds. ~99 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Plage Fort Hikéric 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 March and December.

What should you know before visiting?

Customer 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 Fort Hikéric?

Species records from iNaturalist

Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Hairy Porcelain CrabPorcellana platycheles
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Green Sea UrchinPsammechinus miliaris
Saint Piran's Hermit CrabClibanarius erythropus
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puber
Pacific OysterMagallana gigas
Spiny StarfishMarthasterias glacialis
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Netted DogwhelkTritia reticulata
Montagu's CrabXantho hydrophilus
Gem AnemoneBunodactis verrucosa
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
Common Brittle StarOphiothrix fragilis
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