Hinekite Takutai / Main Beach
Tauranga City, Bay of Plenty · New Zealand
What have people found?
Indo-pacific comb star, glass shrimp and giant shore anemone turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Radiate limpet, purple rock crab and new zealand common cushion star are the usual finds. ~210 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 3 years of observations.
Tide
We do not have the numbers a tide curve is drawn from for this stretch of coast yet.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from March and May.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 200 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 Hinekite Takutai / Main Beach?
Species records from iNaturalist
Radiate LimpetCellana radians
Purple Rock CrabLeptograpsus variegatus
New Zealand Common Cushion StarPatiriella regularis
Black neriteNerita melanotragus
Giant Shore AnemoneOulactis magna
Snakeskin ChitonSypharochiton pelliserpentis
New Zealand Green-lipped MusselPerna canaliculus
Eleven-armed Sea StarCoscinasterias muricata
Glass ShrimpPalaemon affinis
Little Black MusselXenostrobus neozelanicus
Cat's Eye SnailLunella smaragdus
Common Sydney OctopusOctopus tetricus
Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
Indo-Pacific Comb StarAstropecten polyacanthus
Cart-rut ShellDicathais orbita
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