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Mitchelville Beach

Beaufort County, South Carolina · United States

What have people found?

Colorful sea whip, cross-hatched lucine and marsh periwinkle turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Thinstripe hermit crab, atlantic blue crab and cannonball jelly are the usual finds. ~107 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide from Skull Creek, north entrance, Hilton Head Island, 6.1 kilometers away.

See low tide times at Mitchelville Beach for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark6:020.5 min the dark18:440.5 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov6:540.5 min the dark19:360.5 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov7:520.5 min the dark20:290.5 m

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 June.

What should you know before visiting?

Paid parking is about 700 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 Mitchelville Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Thinstripe Hermit CrabClibanarius vittatus
Atlantic Blue CrabCallinectes sapidus
Cannonball JellyStomolophus meleagris
Eastern OysterCrassostrea virginica
Atlantic Sand Fiddler CrabLeptuca pugilator
Eastern MudsnailIlyanassa obsoleta
Knobbed WhelkBusycon carica
Blood ArkLunarca ovalis
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrata
Squareback Marsh CrabArmases cinereum
Atlantic Ribbed MusselGeukensia demissa
Shark EyeNeverita duplicata
Cross-hatched LucineDivalinga quadrisulcata
Marsh PeriwinkleLittoraria irrorata
Colorful Sea WhipLeptogorgia virgulata
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