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Playa de El Palo

Málaga-Costa del Sol, Andalucía · Spain

What have people found?

Small periwinkle, striped false limpet and italian sea slater turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Atlantic purple sea urchin, mediterranean limpet and marbled crab are the usual finds. ~39 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Punta de la Mona, 34.8 miles away.

Tide

We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.

View the predicted tide at Playa de Calahonda - Rocas del Mar, 25 miles away.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from June and July.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 500 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 Playa de El Palo?

Species records from iNaturalist

Patella rusticaPatella rustica
Atlantic Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Mediterranean LimpetPatella caerulea
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Turbinate MonodontPhorcus turbinatus
Mediterranean Beadlet AnemoneActinia mediterranea
Thuridilla hopeiThuridilla hopei
Striped false limpetSiphonaria pectinata
Echinolittorina punctataEchinolittorina punctata
Black sea urchinArbacia lixula
Italian Sea SlaterLigia italica
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
Red-mouthed Dog WinkleStramonita haemastoma
Small PeriwinkleMelarhaphe neritoides
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