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Te Miko / Perpendicular Point

West Coast · New Zealand

What have people found?

Butterfly chiton, column barnacles and triangle clam turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Radiate limpet, reef sea star and plicate barnacle are the usual finds. ~80 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Te Miko / Perpendicular Point for the next three days
  1. Mon 16 Novin the dark~10:00in the dark~22:30
  2. Tue 17 Novin the dark~11:00in the dark~23:30
  3. Wed 18 Novin the dark~12:00

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 September and November.

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 Te Miko / Perpendicular Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Radiate LimpetCellana radians
Reef Sea StarStichaster australis
Plicate barnacleEpopella plicata
Little Black MusselXenostrobus neozelanicus
Ornate LimpetCellana ornata
New Zealand Bull KelpDurvillaea antarctica
Cart-rut ShellDicathais orbita
Purple Rock CrabLeptograpsus variegatus
Brown PeriwinkleAustrolittorina cincta
Butterfly ChitonCryptoconchus porosus
Snakeskin ChitonSypharochiton pelliserpentis
Column BarnaclesChamaesipho columna
New Zealand Common Cushion StarPatiriella regularis
Triangle ClamCrassula aequilatera
Giant Shore AnemoneOulactis magna
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