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Poste Lafayette

Poste de Flacq VCA, Flacq · Mauritius

What have people found?

Small giant clam, flower urchin and indo-pacific rock-boring urchin are the usual finds. ~37 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Poste Lafayette for the next three days
  1. Mon 16 Nov~9:30in the dark~23:00
  2. Tue 17 Nov~11:30
  3. Wed 18 Novin the dark~1:00~14:30

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 January and February.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 850 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 Poste Lafayette?

Species records from iNaturalist

Small Giant ClamTridacna maxima
Flower UrchinToxopneustes pileolus
Indo-Pacific Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaei
Bohadschia subrubraBohadschia subrubra
Shingle UrchinColobocentrotus atratus
Tropical PeriwinklePlanaxis sulcatus
Thin-shelled Rock CrabGrapsus tenuicrustatus
Tiger CowrieCypraea tigris
Common Box CrabCalappa hepatica
Thousand-pores Sea StarFromia milleporella
Spiny Cushion StarCulcita schmideliana
Pseudoboletia maculataPseudoboletia maculata
Red Pencil UrchinHeterocentrotus mamillatus
Button StarNardoa variolata
African Giant SnailLissachatina fulica
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