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Cape Town Ward 29

City of Cape Town, Western Cape · South Africa

What have people found?

White clam, cape rock lobster and granite limpet turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Sea bamboo, cape sea urchin and sandy anemone are the usual finds. ~45 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Windmill Beach, 68 kilometers away.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Cape Town Ward 29 for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~0:00~12:30
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~1:00~14:00
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~2:00~15:30

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 June.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 200 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 Cape Town Ward 29?

Species records from iNaturalist

Sea bambooEcklonia maxima
Cape sea urchinParechinus angulosus
sandy anemoneBunodactis reynaudi
Rowing CrabOvalipes trimaculatus
Cape Rock LobsterJasus lalandii
White ClamDonax serra
Mediterranean MusselMytilus galloprovincialis
Granite LimpetCymbula granatina
long-tentacled anemoneAnthopleura michaelseni
Dwarf Cushion StarParvulastra exigua
Pacific Acorn BarnacleBalanus glandula
Granular LimpetScutellastra granularis
Cape Reef-wormGunnarea gaimardi
Split-fan KelpLaminaria pallida
kelp lace bryozoanMembranipora membranacea
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