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Kovalam Beach

Tiruporur, Tamil Nadu · India

What have people found?

Red ghost crab, ocellate cowrie and brown land crab turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Asian green mussel, viola land hermit crab and ring-legged fiddler crab are the usual finds. ~164 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 Kovalam Beach for the next three days
  1. Mon 16 Nov~6:30~18:00
  2. Tue 17 Nov~7:30in the dark~19:00
  3. Wed 18 Nov~9:00in the dark~20:30

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 August and October.

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 Kovalam Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Asian Green MusselPerna viridis
Viola Land Hermit CrabCoenobita violascens
Ring-legged Fiddler CrabAustruca annulipes
Red Ghost CrabOcypode macrocera
Ocellate CowrieNaria ocellata
Brown Land CrabCardisoma carnifex
Mottled Lightfoot CrabGrapsus albolineatus
Toad purpuraPurpura bufo
Leather DonaxHecuba scortum
Three-spotted Swimmer CrabPortunus sanguinolentus
East Coast Rock LobsterPanulirus homarus
Mud CreeperTelescopium telescopium
Paper Fig ShellFicus ficus
Frilled Frog shellBufonaria crumena
Girdled horn snailPirenella cingulata
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