Whites beach
Marlborough · New Zealand
What have people found?
Denticulate limpet, new zealand common swimming crab and blue tube worm turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Giant shore anemone, new zealand blue-banded periwinkle and little black mussel are the usual finds. ~51 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.
View the predicted tide at Elsdon Point, 37 miles away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from January and December.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 650 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 Whites beach?
Species records from iNaturalist
Giant Shore AnemoneOulactis magna
New Zealand Blue-banded PeriwinkleAustrolittorina antipodum
Little Black MusselXenostrobus neozelanicus
New Zealand Bull KelpDurvillaea antarctica
Radiate LimpetCellana radians
Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
Spotted Top SnailDiloma aethiops
New Zealand Green-lipped MusselPerna canaliculus
Blue Tube WormSpirobranchus cariniferus
Cat's Eye SnailLunella smaragdus
Kaeo Sea TulipPyura pachydermatina
New Zealand Common Swimming CrabOvalipes catharus
Cart-rut ShellDicathais orbita
Reef Sea StarStichaster australis
Denticulate LimpetCellana denticulata
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