Te Whau Point
Whau, Auckland · New Zealand
What have people found?
Southern creeper, olive anemone and leathery sea slug turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Pacific oyster, mud whelk and mudflat top shell are the usual finds. ~119 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 Ōtakamiro Point, 26 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from January and February.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 350 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 Whau Point?
Species records from iNaturalist
Pacific OysterMagallana gigas
Mud WhelkCominella glandiformis
Mudflat Top ShellDiloma subrostratum
Blue Green ChitonChiton glaucus
Blue Tube WormSpirobranchus cariniferus
New Zealand CockleAustrovenus stutchburyi
Snakeskin ChitonSypharochiton pelliserpentis
Olive AnemoneIsactinia olivacea
New Zealand Half CrabPetrolisthes elongatus
Brown PeriwinkleAustrolittorina cincta
Spotted Top SnailDiloma aethiops
Leathery Sea SlugOnchidella nigricans
Southern CreeperZeacumantus subcarinatus
Beaked BarnacleAustrominius modestus
Cat's Eye SnailLunella smaragdus
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