Plage Le Rocher
France métropolitaine · France
What have people found?
Gold sponge and nimble spray crab turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Marbled crab, groove burrowing urchin and mediterranean beadlet anemone are the usual finds. ~62 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Spiaggia di Sant' Andrea, 111 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from July and August.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 150 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 Le Rocher?
Species records from iNaturalist
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Groove Burrowing UrchinBrissus unicolor
Mediterranean Beadlet AnemoneActinia mediterranea
Nimble Spray CrabPercnon gibbesi
Gold SpongeAplysina aerophoba
Mediterranean Red Sea StarEchinaster sepositus
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Red-spotted HorseshoeProtula tubularia
Oyster SpongeCrambe crambe
Ascidia mentulaAscidia mentula
Limaria hiansLimaria hians
Patella ferrugineaPatella ferruginea
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Small European Locust LobsterScyllarus arctus
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