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Playa Pinitos

Mazatlán, Sinaloa · Mexico

What have people found?

Blue spiny lobster, pacific mottled shore crab and indo-pacific man-o-war turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Sally lightfoot crab, central american rock-boring urchin and sulphur sea cucumber are the usual finds. ~204 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 3 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Playa Pinitos for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~18:30
  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 April.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 600 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 Playa Pinitos?

Species records from iNaturalist

Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsus
Central American Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra vanbrunti
Sulphur Sea CucumberHolothuria lubrica
Blue spiny lobsterPanulirus inflatus
Indo-Pacific Man-O-WarPhysalia utriculus
Diomedes' SapsuckerElysia diomedea
Ischnochiton muscariusIschnochiton muscarius
Rough-ribbed NeriteNerita scabricosta
Anthopleura dowiiAnthopleura dowii
Pacific Mottled Shore CrabPachygrapsus socius
Nerita funiculataNerita funiculata
California SeahareAplysia californica
Padina durvilleiPadina durvillei
Chiton albolineatusChiton albolineatus
Chiton articulatusChiton articulatus
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