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Santa Severa

Roma Capitale, Lazio · Italy

What have people found?

Rough cockle, mediterranean cone snail and basque beret turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Noah's ark shell, warty venus clam and rustic dove-shell are the usual finds. ~77 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Santa Severa for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~5:30in the dark~19:30
  2. Mon 16 Nov~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 July and October.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 250 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 Santa Severa?

Species records from iNaturalist

Noah's Ark shellArca noae
Warty Venus ClamVenus verrucosa
Rustic Dove-shellColumbella rustica
Warty CrabEriphia verrucosa
Banded Dye-murexHexaplex trunculus
Rhyssoplax olivaceaRhyssoplax olivacea
Red-mouthed Dog WinkleStramonita haemastoma
Mediterranean Cone SnailConus ventricosus
Rough CockleAcanthocardia tuberculata
Basque BeretCodium bursa
Anomia ephippiumAnomia ephippium
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Saint Piran's Hermit CrabClibanarius erythropus
White Sea StarCoscinasterias tenuispina
Dendrodoris limbataDendrodoris limbata
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