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Vučine

Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija · Croatia

What have people found?

Bearded fireworm, banded dye-murex and variable sea cucumber are the usual finds. ~66 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Vučine for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov~15:00
  2. Mon 16 Nov~16:00
  3. Tue 17 Novin 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 July and September.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 500 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 Vučine?

Species records from iNaturalist

Bearded FirewormHermodice carunculata
Banded Dye-murexHexaplex trunculus
Variable Sea CucumberHolothuria sanctori
Spiny StarfishMarthasterias glacialis
Atlantic Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Cratena SlugCratena peregrina
Mediterranean Red Sea StarEchinaster sepositus
red sea squirtHalocynthia papillosa
Warty CrabEriphia verrucosa
Black sea urchinArbacia lixula
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
Purple Sea StarOphidiaster ophidianus
White Sea StarCoscinasterias tenuispina
Fried Egg JellyCotylorhiza tuberculata
Red Comb StarAstropecten aranciacus
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