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Gericke's Point

Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape · South Africa

What have people found?

Cape dorid, smooth plough shell and four-colour nudibranch turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Spiny starfish, false plum anemone and red sea star are the usual finds. ~102 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 4 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Gericke's Point for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~0:30~13:00
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~1:30~14:00
  3. Tue 17 Novin the dark~2:30~16:00

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 May.

What should you know before visiting?

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 Gericke's Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

Spiny StarfishMarthasterias africana
False Plum AnemonePseudactinia flagellifera
Red Sea StarCallopatiria granifera
Cape sea urchinParechinus angulosus
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
smooth plough shellBullia rhodostoma
White-speckled SeahareAplysia argus
Tooth BarnacleChthamalus dentatus
Brown MusselPerna perna
Red Rock CrabGuinusia chabrus
Shore CrabCyclograpsus punctatus
Four-colour NudibranchGodiva quadricolor
South African TurbanTurbo sarmaticus
Grey Volcano BarnacleTetraclita serrata
Cape DoridHypselodoris capensis
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