Dashing Rocks
Canterbury · New Zealand
What have people found?
Shield shell, tasmanian blue mussel and glass shrimp turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Common rock crab, kaeo sea tulip and new zealand common cushion star are the usual finds. ~90 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have the numbers a tide curve is drawn from for this stretch of coast yet.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from March and April.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 0.2 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 Dashing Rocks?
Species records from iNaturalist
Common Rock CrabHemigrapsus sexdentatus
Kaeo Sea TulipPyura pachydermatina
New Zealand Common Cushion StarPatiriella regularis
New Zealand Green-lipped MusselPerna canaliculus
Shield ShellScutus breviculus
Ornate LimpetCellana ornata
WakameUndaria pinnatifida
Snakeskin ChitonSypharochiton pelliserpentis
Brown PeriwinkleAustrolittorina cincta
White-striped AnemoneAnthothoe albocincta
Spotted Top SnailDiloma aethiops
Blackfoot PauaHaliotis iris
Glass ShrimpPalaemon affinis
Allostichaster insignisAllostichaster insignis
Tasmanian Blue MusselMytilus planulatus
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