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Half Moon Bay

Lancashire, England · United Kingdom

What have people found?

Common cockle, grey mail-shell and honeycomb worm turn up here more than at our other tide pools. European green crab, common periwinkle and atlantic beadlet anemone are the usual finds. ~36 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

Predicted tide for Heysham, from The UK Hydrographic Office.

See low tide times at Half Moon Bay for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 158:34 AM9.7 ftin the dark9:07 PM9.5 ft
  2. Mon, Nov 169:20 AM10.9 ftin the dark10:01 PM10.3 ft
  3. Tue, Nov 1710:21 AM11.8 ftin the dark11:07 PM10.7 ft

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 April and July.

What should you know before visiting?

Customer parking is about 800 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 Half Moon Bay?

Species records from iNaturalist

European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Channelled WrackPelvetia canaliculata
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Japanese WireweedSargassum muticum
Common CockleCerastoderma edule
Honeycomb WormSabellaria alveolata
Grey Mail-shellLepidochitona cinerea
Saw WrackFucus serratus
Lion's Mane JellyCyanea capillata
Pelagic Gooseneck BarnacleLepas anatifera
Common WhelkBuccinum undatum
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
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