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Praia da Ribeira

Fisterra, Galicia · Spain

What have people found?

Brown tuning-fork weed, grey topshell and spiny starfish turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Thongweed, garden snail and atlantic purple sea urchin are the usual finds. ~54 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 da Ribeira for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15in the dark~1:00 AM~1:30 PM
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark~1:30 AM~2:30 PM
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark~3:00 AM~4:00 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 February and November.

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 Praia da Ribeira?

Species records from iNaturalist

ThongweedHimanthalia elongata
Garden SnailCornu aspersum
Atlantic Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Common Sea SlaterLigia oceanica
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
brown tuning-fork weedBifurcaria bifurcata
Grey TopshellSteromphala cineraria
Spiny StarfishMarthasterias glacialis
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Japanese WireweedSargassum muticum
false Irish mossMastocarpus stellatus
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
European Painted Top ShellCalliostoma zizyphinum
Codium adhaerensCodium adhaerens
FurbelowsSaccorhiza polyschides
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