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Cala Martina

Grosseto, Toscana · Italy

What have people found?

Mediterranean beadlet anemone and mediterranean red sea star turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Marbled crab, turbinate monodont and snakelocks anemone are the usual finds. ~23 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Cala Martina for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~5:30in the dark~19:30
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~6:30in the dark~20:30
  3. Tue 17 Nov~7:30in the dark~21:30

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 June and July.

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 Cala Martina?

Species records from iNaturalist

Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Turbinate MonodontPhorcus turbinatus
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Mediterranean Red Sea StarEchinaster sepositus
Mediterranean Beadlet AnemoneActinia mediterranea
Phorcus richardiPhorcus richardi
Echinolittorina punctataEchinolittorina punctata
Atlantic Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Warty CrabEriphia verrucosa
Black sea urchinArbacia lixula
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
White Sea StarCoscinasterias tenuispina
Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Barrel JellyRhizostoma pulmo
Fried Egg JellyCotylorhiza tuberculata
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