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Hollant Beach

Mormugao, Goa · India

What have people found?

Spiral babylon snail, two-toned cardita and red egg crab turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Green button polyp, black sea cucumber and maroon stone crab are the usual finds. ~69 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 Hollant 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 January and April.

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 Hollant Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Green Button PolypPalythoa mutuki
Black Sea CucumberHolothuria leucospilota
Maroon Stone CrabMenippe rumphii
Indo-Pacific Swimming CrabCharybdis hellerii
Spiral Babylon SnailBabylonia spirata
Mottled Lightfoot CrabGrapsus albolineatus
Violet ZoanthidsZoanthus sansibaricus
Asian Green MusselPerna viridis
Hoof-shield limpetScutus unguis
Banded-leg swimming crabCharybdis annulata
Tropical PeriwinklePlanaxis sulcatus
Red egg crabAtergatis integerrimus
Forked VenusGafrarium divaricatum
Arabian CowrieMauritia arabica
Two-toned CarditaCardites bicolor
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