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Driftwood Bay

Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape · South Africa

What have people found?

Eastern capeslug, bead topshell and four-colour nudibranch turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Zebra agate snail, cape sea urchin and false plum anemone are the usual finds. ~67 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 Driftwood Bay for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~0:30~13:00
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~1:00~14:00
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~2:30~15:30

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 January and September.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 500 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 Driftwood Bay?

Species records from iNaturalist

Zebra Agate SnailCochlitoma zebra
Cape sea urchinParechinus angulosus
False Plum AnemonePseudactinia flagellifera
Spiny ChitonAcanthochitona garnoti
Dwarf Cushion StarParvulastra exigua
Grey Volcano BarnacleTetraclita serrata
Eastern CapeslugOopelta capensis
Tooth BarnacleChthamalus dentatus
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Shore CrabCyclograpsus punctatus
Four-colour NudibranchGodiva quadricolor
duck's foot limpetScutellastra longicosta
Bead TopshellOxystele impervia
Brown MusselPerna perna
red-spotted nudibranchGoniobranchus heatherae
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