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Spiaggia di Sant' Andrea

Livorno, Toscana · Italy

What have people found?

Horn shell and fried egg jelly turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Mauve stinger, marbled crab and mediterranean beadlet anemone are the usual finds. ~41 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Tombulu Biancu, 58 kilometers away.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Spiaggia di Sant' Andrea for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~5:30in the dark~19:30
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~6:00in the dark~21:00
  3. Tue 17 Nov~7:30in the dark~22:00

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 August and September.

What should you know before visiting?

Customer parking is about 350 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 Spiaggia di Sant' Andrea?

Species records from iNaturalist

Mauve StingerPelagia noctiluca
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Mediterranean Beadlet AnemoneActinia mediterranea
Horn ShellThericium vulgatum
Fried Egg JellyCotylorhiza tuberculata
By-the-wind SailorVelella velella
Black sea urchinArbacia lixula
European Thorny OysterSpondylus gaederopus
Rustic Dove-shellColumbella rustica
Turbinate MonodontPhorcus turbinatus
black leather spongeSarcotragus spinosulus
Hairy ArkBarbatia barbata
Spiny File ClamLima lima
Pig-tooth CoralBalanophyllia europaea
Mediterranean Red Sea StarEchinaster sepositus
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