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Pointe de Grosse Terre

France métropolitaine · France

What have people found?

Spiral wrack, pacific oyster and saint piran's hermit crab turn up here more than at our other rock pools. European green crab, marbled crab and atlantic beadlet anemone are the usual finds. ~28 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Pointe Saint-Gildas, 55 kilometers away.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Pointe de Grosse Terre 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 May and August.

What should you know before visiting?

Customer parking is about 350 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 Pointe de Grosse Terre?

Species records from iNaturalist

European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Pacific OysterMagallana gigas
Spiral WrackFucus spiralis
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Saint Piran's Hermit CrabClibanarius erythropus
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Dahlia AnemoneUrticina felina
Warty CrabEriphia verrucosa
Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragacea
Lined Top ShellPhorcus lineatus
Common Sea SlaterLigia oceanica
Pepper DulseOsmundea pinnatifida
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
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