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PLAYAS LAS TUNAS

La Unión Sur, La Unión · El Salvador

What have people found?

Sandy sea cucumber, black spiny brittle star and sulphur sea cucumber turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Nicaragua sea hare, central american rock-boring urchin and diomedes' sapsucker are the usual finds. ~27 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at PLAYAS LAS TUNAS for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~0:00~12:30
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~1:00~13:30
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~1:30~14:00

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 April and November.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 350 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 PLAYAS LAS TUNAS?

Species records from iNaturalist

Nicaragua sea hareDolabrifera nicaraguana
Central American Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra vanbrunti
Diomedes' SapsuckerElysia diomedea
Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsus
Black Spiny Brittle StarOphiocoma aethiops
Sandy Sea CucumberHolothuria inornata
Stokes's ChitonChiton stokesii
Sulphur Sea CucumberHolothuria lubrica
Calcinus obscurusCalcinus obscurus
Lumpy Claw CrabEriphia squamata
Clibanarius albidigitusClibanarius albidigitus
American NipperGeograpsus lividus
Racer Mangrove CrabGoniopsis pulchra
Fire Tentacle AnemoneBunodosoma grande
Tetraclita panamensisTetraclita panamensis
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