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Diamante

Setúbal · Portugal

What have people found?

Jelly blubber, small periwinkle and milk snail turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Marbled crab, atlantic beadlet anemone and common sea slater are the usual finds. ~88 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Diamante for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov~12:00
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~0:00~13:00
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~1:00~14:00

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 July and August.

What should you know before visiting?

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 Diamante?

Species records from iNaturalist

Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Common Sea SlaterLigia oceanica
European Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Montagu's Stellate BarnacleChthamalus montagui
Small PeriwinkleMelarhaphe neritoides
Milk SnailOtala lactea
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Jelly BlubberCatostylus tagi
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Cantabrian NudibranchFelimare cantabrica
Mediterranean MusselMytilus galloprovincialis
Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragacea
Mediterranean FanwormSabella spallanzanii
Rough CockleAcanthocardia tuberculata
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