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Chiwla Beach

Malvan Taluka, Maharashtra · India

What have people found?

Siebold's green bubble snail, vietnamese zoanthids and burgundy sea anemone turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Anjuna anemone, violet zoanthids and green button polyp are the usual finds. ~41 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at South Anjuna Beach, 62 kilometers away.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Chiwla Beach for the next three days
  1. Mon 16 Nov~9:30in the dark~20:30
  2. Tue 17 Nov~11:00in the dark~21:30
  3. Wed 18 Nov~12:00in the dark~23:00

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 October and November.

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 Chiwla Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Anjuna AnemoneAnthopleura anjunae
Violet ZoanthidsZoanthus sansibaricus
Green Button PolypPalythoa mutuki
Arabian CowrieMauritia arabica
Burgundy Sea AnemoneBunodosoma goanense
Haloa pemphisHaloa pemphis
Smooth Red-eyed CrabEriphia sebana
Black Sea CucumberHolothuria leucospilota
pot-hole urchinStomopneustes variolaris
Mottled Lightfoot CrabGrapsus albolineatus
Siebold's green bubble snailSmaragdinella sieboldi
Vietnamese ZoanthidsZoanthus vietnamensis
Ashy Sea CucumberHolothuria cinerascens
Pentagonal honeycomb coralFavites pentagona
Hirase's Leaf SlugElysia hirasei
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