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Esduma La Perla Hotel Isla Mujeres

Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo · Mexico

What have people found?

Red-brown ark, tiger lucine and blue-legged hermit crab turn up here more than at our other tide pools. West indian fuzzy chiton, four-toothed nerite and red cushion sea star are the usual finds. ~106 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Esduma La Perla Hotel Isla Mujeres for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15~10:00 AMin the dark~7:00 PM
  2. Mon, Nov 16~10:30 AMin the dark~8:30 PM
  3. Tue, Nov 17~11:00 AMin the dark~9:30 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 January and December.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 0.4 miles 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 Esduma La Perla Hotel Isla Mujeres?

Species records from iNaturalist

West Indian Fuzzy ChitonAcanthopleura granulata
Four-toothed NeriteNerita versicolor
Red Cushion Sea StarOreaster reticulatus
Atlantic Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra lucunter
Checkered NeriteNerita tessellata
spotted seahareAplysia dactylomela
Blue-legged Hermit CrabClibanarius tricolor
Queen ConchAliger gigas
Red-Brown ArkBarbatia cancellaria
Caribbean Reef SquidSepioteuthis sepioidea
Purple Sea FanGorgonia ventalina
Tiger LucineCodakia orbicularis
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
West Indian Sea EggTripneustes ventricosus
Atlantic Long-spined Sea UrchinDiadema antillarum
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