Brighton Recreation Reserve
Otago · New Zealand
What have people found?
Crooked siphonaria, new zealand ribbed mussel and plicate barnacle turn up here more than at our other rock pools. New zealand bull kelp, little black mussel and kaeo sea tulip are the usual finds. ~68 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have the numbers a tide curve is drawn from for this stretch of coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Wellers Rock, 33 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from February and April.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 400 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 Brighton Recreation Reserve?
Species records from iNaturalist
New Zealand Bull KelpDurvillaea antarctica
Little Black MusselXenostrobus neozelanicus
Kaeo Sea TulipPyura pachydermatina
Plicate barnacleEpopella plicata
Radiate LimpetCellana radians
New Zealand Ribbed MusselAulacomya maoriana
Patelloida corticataPatelloida corticata
Blue Tube WormSpirobranchus cariniferus
White-striped AnemoneAnthothoe albocincta
Crooked SiphonariaSiphonaria obliquata
Calantica spinosaCalantica spinosa
Dead Man's FingersCodium fragile
Snakeskin ChitonSypharochiton pelliserpentis
Neptune's necklaceHormosira banksii
Brown PeriwinkleAustrolittorina cincta
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