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Smiths Reef

Providenciales · Turks and Caicos Islands

What have people found?

Corky sea finger, sea grape snail and golf ball coral turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Mustard hill coral, four-toothed nerite and scattered pore rope sponge are the usual finds. ~79 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Smiths Reef for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~5:00in the dark~19:00
  2. Mon 16 Nov~6:00in the dark~19:30
  3. Tue 17 Nov~7:00in the dark~20:30

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 May.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 900 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 Smiths Reef?

Species records from iNaturalist

Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoides
Four-toothed NeriteNerita versicolor
Scattered Pore Rope SpongeAmphimedon nodosa
Giant AnemoneCondylactis gigantea
Corky Sea FingerBriareum asbestinum
Purple Sea FanGorgonia ventalina
Checkered NeriteNerita tessellata
Knobby brain coralPseudodiploria clivosa
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
West Indian Fuzzy ChitonAcanthopleura granulata
Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsus
Sea grape snailHemitrochus varians
Golf Ball CoralFavia fragum
Flamingo Tongue SnailCyphoma gibbosum
Lesser Starlet CoralSiderastrea radians
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