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Tràigh an t-Suidhe

Alba / Scotland · United Kingdom

What have people found?

Thongweed, cushion star and common periwinkle turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Garden snail, atlantic beadlet anemone and common european limpet are the usual finds. ~28 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide for Iona, from The UK Hydrographic Office.

See low tide times at Tràigh an t-Suidhe for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15in the dark2:50 AM4.7 ft3:21 PM5.6 ft
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark3:42 AM5.2 ft4:26 PM6.0 ft
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark4:43 AM5.6 ftin the dark5:42 PM6.1 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 May and June.

What should you know before visiting?

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 Tràigh an t-Suidhe?

Species records from iNaturalist

Garden SnailCornu aspersum
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Common European LimpetPatella vulgata
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
ThongweedHimanthalia elongata
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Cushion StarAsterina gibbosa
Saw WrackFucus serratus
By-the-wind SailorVelella velella
Black SlugArion ater
Channelled WrackPelvetia canaliculata
Common Hermit CrabPagurus bernhardus
Sea-oakHalidrys siliquosa
Gem AnemoneBunodactis verrucosa
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
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