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Qingdao No. 2 Bathing Beach

市南区, 山东省 · China

What have people found?

Japanese blue crab and mediterranean mussel turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Northern pacific sea star, asian shore crab and striped green sea anemone are the usual finds. ~70 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 Qingdao No. 2 Bathing Beach for the next three days
  1. Mon, Nov 16in the dark~3:30 AM~3:30 PM
  2. Tue, Nov 17in the dark~4:30 AM~4:30 PM
  3. Wed, Nov 18in the dark~5:30 AMin the dark~5:30 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 March and June.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 1000 feet 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 Qingdao No. 2 Bathing Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Acanthochitona rubrolineataAcanthochitona rubrolineata
Littorina breviculaLittorina brevicula
Northern Pacific Sea StarAsterias amurensis
Ischnochiton comptusIschnochiton comptus
Asian Shore CrabHemigrapsus sanguineus
Striped Green Sea AnemoneDiadumene lineata
Gaetice depressusGaetice depressus
Cellana toreumaCellana toreuma
Monodonta confusaMonodonta confusa
Japanese Blue CrabPortunus trituberculatus
Cleantiella isopusCleantiella isopus
Reishia clavigeraReishia clavigera
Macromedaeus distinguendusMacromedaeus distinguendus
Batillaria cumingiiBatillaria cumingii
Mediterranean MusselMytilus galloprovincialis
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