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Praia do Matadouro

Lisboa · Portugal

What have people found?

Rainbow wrack, goose barnacle and striped false limpet turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Spiny starfish, snakelocks anemone and atlantic beadlet anemone are the usual finds. ~56 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Praia do Matadouro 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 June and July.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 150 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 do Matadouro?

Species records from iNaturalist

Spiny StarfishMarthasterias glacialis
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Goose barnaclePollicipes pollicipes
Honeycomb WormSabellaria alveolata
Striped false limpetSiphonaria pectinata
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Atlantic Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Common Sea SlaterLigia oceanica
Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragacea
HarpoonweedAsparagopsis armata
Montagu's Stellate BarnacleChthamalus montagui
Cushion StarAsterina gibbosa
brown tuning-fork weedBifurcaria bifurcata
Rainbow WrackEricaria selaginoides
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