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Sango Bay

Highland, Alba / Scotland · United Kingdom

What have people found?

Common moon jelly and atlantic dogwhelk turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Garden snail, lion's mane jelly and atlantic beadlet anemone are the usual finds. ~13 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide for Kyle Of Durness, from The UK Hydrographic Office.

See low tide times at Sango Bay for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark4:411.9 min the dark17:261.6 m
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark5:292.2 min the dark18:331.7 m
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark6:402.3 min the dark19:511.8 m

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 June and July.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 250 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 Sango Bay?

Species records from iNaturalist

Garden SnailCornu aspersum
Lion's Mane JellyCyanea capillata
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
Common Moon JellyAurelia aurita
Channelled WrackPelvetia canaliculata
Blue JellyCyanea lamarckii
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Blue-rayed LimpetPatella pellucida
Common European LimpetPatella vulgata
Compass JellyChrysaora hysoscella
Striped VenusChamelea striatula
Dustbin-lid JellyRhizostoma octopus
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