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Stompneusbaai

West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape · South Africa

What have people found?

Tiger topshell, cape rock lobster and granite limpet turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Rowing crab, granular limpet and mediterranean mussel are the usual finds. ~31 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Swartland Ward 5, 73 kilometers away.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Stompneusbaai for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Novin the dark~0:00~12:30
  2. Mon 16 Novin the dark~1:00~14:00
  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 November and December.

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 Stompneusbaai?

Species records from iNaturalist

Rowing CrabOvalipes trimaculatus
Granular LimpetScutellastra granularis
Mediterranean MusselMytilus galloprovincialis
Sea bambooEcklonia maxima
Cape Rock LobsterJasus lalandii
White Italian SnailTheba pisana
Granite LimpetCymbula granatina
sandy anemoneBunodactis reynaudi
Shore CrabCyclograpsus punctatus
Tiger TopshellOxystele tigrina
Cape sea urchinParechinus angulosus
Kelp LimpetCymbula compressa
Dwarf Brittle StarAmphipholis squamata
Broadleaf Sea LettuceUlva lactuca
Dead Man's FingersCodium fragile
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