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Cuastecomates

Cihuatlán, Jalisco · Mexico

What have people found?

Cortez sea anemone, jenner's cowry and slate pencil urchin turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Needle sea urchin, rose flower urchin and red-tipped sea goddess are the usual finds. ~92 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Cuastecomates for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15in the dark~7:30 PM
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark~10:30 PM
  3. Tue, Nov 17~2:00 PMin the dark~11:30 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 December.

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 Cuastecomates?

Species records from iNaturalist

Needle Sea UrchinDiadema mexicanum
Chiton albolineatusChiton albolineatus
Rose Flower UrchinToxopneustes roseus
Red-tipped Sea GoddessChromolaichma sedna
Rough-ribbed NeriteNerita scabricosta
Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsus
Pyramid Sea StarPharia pyramidata
Amphimedon texotliAmphimedon texotli
Ischnochiton muscariusIschnochiton muscarius
Cortez Sea AnemoneBunodosoma californicum
slate pencil urchinEucidaris thouarsii
Blue Sea StarPhataria unifascialis
Simnia avenaSimnia avena
Chiton articulatusChiton articulatus
Jenner's cowryJenneria pustulata
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