Punta La Gringa
What have people found?
California boring sponge, annette's cowrie and pin cushion sea urchin turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Panamic cushion star, behrens' dorid and diomedes' sapsucker are the usual finds. ~77 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from February and April.
What should you know before visiting?
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 Punta La Gringa?
Species records from iNaturalist
Panamic Cushion StarPentaceraster cumingi
Carditamera bajaensisCarditamera bajaensis
Behrens' DoridDoriopsilla davebehrensi
Diomedes' SapsuckerElysia diomedea
Spotted Foot NudibranchTayuva lilacina
Saccostrea palmulaSaccostrea palmula
Colpomenia tuberculataColpomenia tuberculata
California Horn SnailCerithideopsis californica
Tambja abdereTambja abdere
Solander's TriviaPusula solandri
Spanish ShawlFlabellinopsis iodinea
Pin Cushion Sea UrchinAstropyga pulvinata
California Boring SpongeCliona californiana
Leukoma grataLeukoma grata
Annette's cowriePseudozonaria annettae
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