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Balneario Puerto Nuevo

Vega Baja, Puerto Rico · Puerto Rico

What have people found?

Beaded periwinkle, west indian top shell and atlantic long-spined sea urchin turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Sally lightfoot crab, caribbean land hermit crab and atlantic rock-boring urchin are the usual finds. ~45 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Playa Montones, 70 kilometers away.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Balneario Puerto Nuevo for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark5:370.1 min the dark20:140.2 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov6:320.1 min the dark20:500.2 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov7:380.2 min the dark21:240.2 m

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 March and July.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 100 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 Balneario Puerto Nuevo?

Species records from iNaturalist

Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsus
Caribbean Land Hermit CrabCoenobita clypeatus
Atlantic Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra lucunter
Atlantic Long-spined Sea UrchinDiadema antillarum
West Indian Top ShellCittarium pica
Beaded PeriwinkleCenchritis muricatus
Purple Sea FanGorgonia ventalina
Redfinger Rubble CrabEriphia gonagra
Red Cushion Sea StarOreaster reticulatus
West Indian Fuzzy ChitonAcanthopleura granulata
West Indian Sea EggTripneustes ventricosus
Ragged SeahareBursatella leachii
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrata
Broadleaf Sea LettuceUlva lactuca
Finger CoralPorites porites
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