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Kelly's beach

Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape · South Africa

What have people found?

Saw-edged false limpet, strap caulerpa and broadray limpet turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Spiny starfish, red sea star and dwarf cushion star are the usual finds. ~49 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Kelly's beach for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~0:30~12:30
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~1:00~13:30
  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 March and September.

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 Kelly's beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Spiny StarfishMarthasterias africana
Red Sea StarCallopatiria granifera
Dwarf Cushion StarParvulastra exigua
Common Sand Hermit CrabDiogenes brevirostris
Strap CaulerpaCaulerpa filiformis
Saw-edged False LimpetSiphonaria serrata
Cape sea urchinParechinus angulosus
Broadray LimpetHelcion pruinosus
Eyed SeahareAplysia oculifera
Brown MusselPerna perna
Brown-lined PaperbubbleHydatina physis
Yellow-footed Hermit CrabClibanarius virescens
Eightshell BarnacleOctomeris angulosa
WedgeweedHalimeda cuneata
Pear LimpetScutellastra cochlear
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