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Praia da Carreagem

Faro · Portugal

What have people found?

Harpoonweed, dead man's fingers and white sea star turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Snakelocks anemone, atlantic beadlet anemone and spiny starfish are the usual finds. ~51 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Praia da Carreagem for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov~12:00in the dark~0:00
  2. Mon 16 Nov~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 650 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 Praia da Carreagem?

Species records from iNaturalist

snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Spiny StarfishMarthasterias glacialis
Atlantic Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragacea
White Sea StarCoscinasterias tenuispina
Lined Top ShellPhorcus lineatus
HarpoonweedAsparagopsis armata
Dead Man's FingersCodium fragile
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puber
Warty CrabEriphia verrucosa
Peacock's TailPadina pavonica
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