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Praia dos Olhos de Água

Faro · Portugal

What have people found?

Peacock's tail, decollate snail and honeycomb worm turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Strawberry anemone, northwest pacific brown alga and snakelocks anemone are the usual finds. ~58 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Praia dos Olhos de Água 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 May and October.

What should you know before visiting?

Customer 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 dos Olhos de Água?

Species records from iNaturalist

Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragacea
Northwest Pacific brown algaRugulopteryx okamurae
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
European Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Holothuria arguinensisHolothuria arguinensis
Peacock's TailPadina pavonica
Warty CrabEriphia verrucosa
Garden SnailCornu aspersum
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Honeycomb WormSabellaria alveolata
Atlantic Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
Common Sea SlaterLigia oceanica
White Italian SnailTheba pisana
Decollate SnailRumina decollata
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