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Skulpiesbaai Restricted Zone

Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape · South Africa

What have people found?

Goat eye limpet, broadray limpet and red sea star turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Spiny starfish, common sand hermit crab and dwarf cushion star are the usual finds. ~53 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Skulpiesbaai Restricted Zone for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~0:00~12:30
  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 May.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 750 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 Skulpiesbaai Restricted Zone?

Species records from iNaturalist

Spiny StarfishMarthasterias africana
Common Sand Hermit CrabDiogenes brevirostris
Dwarf Cushion StarParvulastra exigua
Broadray LimpetHelcion pruinosus
Red Sea StarCallopatiria granifera
White-speckled SeahareAplysia argus
South African TurbanTurbo sarmaticus
False Plum AnemonePseudactinia flagellifera
Spiny ChitonAcanthochitona garnoti
Red Rock CrabGuinusia chabrus
Zebra Agate SnailCochlitoma zebra
duck's foot limpetScutellastra longicosta
Goat Eye LimpetCymbula oculus
Grey Volcano BarnacleTetraclita serrata
Tooth BarnacleChthamalus dentatus
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