Promontório da Nazaré
Leiria · Portugal
What have people found?
Small pointed snail, china limpet and striped false limpet turn up here more than at our other rock pools. White italian snail, goose barnacle and decollate snail are the usual finds. ~53 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Praia do Portinho da Areia Norte, 36 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from July and September.
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 Promontório da Nazaré?
Species records from iNaturalist
White Italian SnailTheba pisana
Goose barnaclePollicipes pollicipes
Anthopleura biscayensisAnthopleura biscayensis
Decollate SnailRumina decollata
Striped false limpetSiphonaria pectinata
Common Sea SlaterLigia oceanica
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Portuguese Man o' WarPhysalia physalis
Montagu's Stellate BarnacleChthamalus montagui
Small Pointed SnailCochlicella barbara
China LimpetPatella ulyssiponensis
Spotted SeahareAplysia punctata
Common Sea StarAsterias rubens
Phymactis papillosaPhymactis papillosa
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