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Pointe du Haut Banc

France métropolitaine · France

What have people found?

Baltic macoma, spiral wrack and dustbin-lid jelly turn up here more than at our other rock pools. European green crab, white italian snail and asian shore crab are the usual finds. ~42 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Plage d'Audresselles, 47 kilometers away.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Pointe du Haut Banc for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov~9:30in the dark~22:00
  2. Mon 16 Nov~10:30in the dark~22:30
  3. Tue 17 Nov~11:00in the dark~23:30

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?

Parking is about 650 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 du Haut Banc?

Species records from iNaturalist

European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
White Italian SnailTheba pisana
Asian Shore CrabHemigrapsus sanguineus
Dustbin-lid JellyRhizostoma octopus
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Common Sea SlaterLigia oceanica
Blue MusselMytilus edulis
Spiral WrackFucus spiralis
European Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
Baltic MacomaMacoma balthica
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Northern Acorn BarnacleSemibalanus balanoides
Common WhelkBuccinum undatum
Common CockleCerastoderma edule
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