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Praia de Itaipu

Niterói, Rio de Janeiro · Brazil

What have people found?

Flame feather duster worm, king venus and titan acorn barnacle turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Mottled shore crab, variegated sea urchin and brown mussel are the usual finds. ~59 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 Praia de Itaipu for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15~12:30 PM
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark~1:00 AM~2:00 PM
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark~2:00 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 April.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 0.3 miles 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. Tide pool safety
A tide pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The tidepooling code

What lives at Praia de Itaipu?

Species records from iNaturalist

Mottled Shore CrabPachygrapsus transversus
Variegated Sea UrchinLytechinus variegatus
Stramonita brasiliensisStramonita brasiliensis
Brown MusselPerna perna
Donax hanleyanusDonax hanleyanus
Intertidal Zebra SnailEchinolittorina lineolata
Flame Feather Duster WormBranchiomma luctuosum
Slate Pencil UrchinEucidaris tribuloides
West Atlantic Sandcastle WormPhragmatopoma caudata
Black sea urchinArbacia lixula
King VenusLirophora paphia
Titan Acorn BarnacleMegabalanus coccopoma
Reticulated Brittle StarOphionereis reticulata
Atlantic Mangrove Ghost CrabUcides cordatus
Brazilian red anemoneBunodosoma caissarum
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