Westridge
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa
What have people found?
Striped topshell, african banana slug and cape limpet turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Green button polyp, tooth barnacle and brown mussel are the usual finds. ~48 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Granny's Pool, 29 kilometers away.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Granny's Pool, 29 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from June and October.
What should you know before visiting?
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 Westridge?
Species records from iNaturalist
Green Button PolypPalythoa mutuki
Tooth BarnacleChthamalus dentatus
Brown MusselPerna perna
Blue Coral-wormSpirobranchus kraussii
Striped TopshellOxystele tabularis
African Banana SlugElisolimax flavescens
Eightshell BarnacleOctomeris angulosa
Cape False LimpetSiphonaria capensis
ribbed false-limpetSiphonaria concinna
Grey Volcano BarnacleTetraclita serrata
Plum AnemoneActinia ebhayiensis
African PeriwinkleAfrolittorina africana
Pleated PloughshellBullia natalensis
Eastern Granular LimpetScutellastra natalensis
Cape LimpetCellana capensis
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