Seapoint
County Dublin, Leinster · Ireland
What have people found?
Prickly cockle, blow lugworm and sand mason worm turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Atlantic beadlet anemone, atlantic dogwhelk and european green crab are the usual finds. ~62 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Cranfield Beach, 81 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from October and November.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 50 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 Seapoint?
Species records from iNaturalist
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Common European LimpetPatella vulgata
Purple TopshellSteromphala umbilicalis
Prickly CockleAcanthocardia echinata
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Saw WrackFucus serratus
Common WhelkBuccinum undatum
Channelled WrackPelvetia canaliculata
Common Hermit CrabPagurus bernhardus
Sand Mason WormLanice conchilega
Blow LugwormArenicola marina
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