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Cabo Pulmo

Municipio de Los Cabos, Baja California Sur · Mexico

What have people found?

Agassiz's chromodorid, red-leg hermit crab and gulf ghost crab turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Blue sea star, sally lightfoot crab and eastern pacific giant conch are the usual finds. ~87 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 Cabo Pulmo for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~19:00
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~20:30
  3. Tue 17 Nov~10:30in 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 January and February.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 900 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 Cabo Pulmo?

Species records from iNaturalist

Blue Sea StarPhataria unifascialis
Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsus
Eastern Pacific Giant ConchTitanostrombus galeatus
Agassiz's ChromodoridFelimare agassizii
California ChromodoridFelimare californiensis
Blue spiny lobsterPanulirus inflatus
Ecuadorian Hermit CrabCoenobita compressus
Diomedes' SapsuckerElysia diomedea
Cerithium maculosumCerithium maculosum
Pavona giganteaPavona gigantea
Rough-ribbed NeriteNerita scabricosta
Red-leg Hermit CrabCalcinus californiensis
Gulf Ghost CrabOcypode occidentalis
Samla teljaSamla telja
Rose Flower UrchinToxopneustes roseus
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