Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki Scenic Reserve
Otago · New Zealand
What have people found?
Southern tuatua, large trough shell and turret shell turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Giant kelp, wheel shell and new zealand bull kelp are the usual finds. ~69 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.
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, 51 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from January and April.
What should you know before visiting?
Customer parking is about 250 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 Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki Scenic Reserve?
Species records from iNaturalist
Giant KelpMacrocystis pyrifera
Wheel ShellZethalia zelandica
New Zealand Bull KelpDurvillaea antarctica
Little Black MusselXenostrobus neozelanicus
WakameUndaria pinnatifida
Triangle ClamCrassula aequilatera
Cook's TurbanCookia sulcata
Plicate barnacleEpopella plicata
Southern TuatuaPaphies donacina
New Zealand Common Swimming CrabOvalipes catharus
Column BarnaclesChamaesipho columna
Snakeskin ChitonSypharochiton pelliserpentis
Turret ShellMaoricolpus roseus
Kaeo Sea TulipPyura pachydermatina
Large Trough ShellSpisula murchisoni
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