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Rt Bačela

Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija · Croatia

What have people found?

Mediterranean beadlet anemone, turbinate monodont and rockpool prawn turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Marbled crab, chocolate-band snail and purple sea star are the usual finds. ~30 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Vučine, 62 kilometers away.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Rt Bačela for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov~14:30in the dark~23:00
  2. Mon 16 Nov~16:00
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~1:00in the dark~17:00

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 September.

What should you know before visiting?

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 Rt Bačela?

Species records from iNaturalist

Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Chocolate-band SnailEobania vermiculata
Purple Sea StarOphidiaster ophidianus
Mediterranean Beadlet AnemoneActinia mediterranea
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Turbinate MonodontPhorcus turbinatus
Atlantic Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Common Pill WoodlouseArmadillidium vulgare
Warty CrabEriphia verrucosa
Black sea urchinArbacia lixula
White Sea StarCoscinasterias tenuispina
Italian Sea SlaterLigia italica
Bearded FirewormHermodice carunculata
Mermaid's wine glassAcetabularia acetabulum
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