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Paulo César Vinha

Guarapari, Espírito Santo · Brazil

What have people found?

Elephant ear sea fan, sargassum anemone and orangeclaw hermit crab turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Mottled shore crab, maroon anemone and thin-fingered fiddler crab are the usual finds. ~37 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Paulo César Vinha for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15in the dark~12:00 AM~12:30 PM
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark~1:00 AM~2:00 PM
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark~2:30 AM~3:30 PM

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 January and May.

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. Tide pool safety
A tide pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The tidepooling code

What lives at Paulo César Vinha?

Species records from iNaturalist

Mottled Shore CrabPachygrapsus transversus
Maroon AnemoneActinia bermudensis
Thin-fingered Fiddler CrabLeptuca leptodactyla
Atlantic Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra lucunter
Orangeclaw Hermit CrabCalcinus tibicen
Antillean Hermit CrabClibanarius antillensis
Elephant Ear Sea FanPhyllogorgia dilatata
Sargassum anemoneAnemonia sargassensis
Mangrove Root CrabGoniopsis cruentata
Brazilian red sea starEchinaster brasiliensis
Atlantic Mangrove Ghost CrabUcides cordatus
Brazilian red anemoneBunodosoma caissarum
Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler CrabLeptuca thayeri
Sea GrapesCaulerpa racemosa
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrata
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