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Gordon's Bay Main Beach

Western Cape · South Africa

What have people found?

Crumb-of-bread sponge, giant chiton and warty venus clam turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Spiny starfish, cape sea urchin and common sand hermit crab are the usual finds. ~85 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.

Tide

We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.

View the predicted tide at Windmill Beach, 38 kilometers away.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from April and May.

What should you know before visiting?

Paid parking is about 100 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 Gordon's Bay Main Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Spiny StarfishMarthasterias africana
Cape sea urchinParechinus angulosus
Common Sand Hermit CrabDiogenes brevirostris
Dwarf Cushion StarParvulastra exigua
long-tentacled anemoneAnthopleura michaelseni
Shore CrabCyclograpsus punctatus
False Plum AnemonePseudactinia flagellifera
Warty Venus ClamVenus verrucosa
Spiny ChitonAcanthochitona garnoti
crumb-of-bread spongeHymeniacidon perlevis
Grey Volcano BarnacleTetraclita serrata
duck's foot limpetScutellastra longicosta
South African TurbanTurbo sarmaticus
giant chitonDinoplax gigas
Mediterranean MusselMytilus galloprovincialis
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