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Poʻipū Beach

Kauaʻi County, Hawaii · United States

What have people found?

Channeled apple snail, black-foot 'opihi and cauliflower coral turn up here more than at our other tide pools. African giant snail, pacific white-spotted sea cucumber and indo-pacific rock-boring urchin are the usual finds. ~238 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 Poʻipū Beach for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 154:57 PM0.5 ft
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark12:00 AM0.5 ft5:11 PM0.4 ft
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark1:39 AM0.7 ft5:29 PM0.3 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 February 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 Poʻipū Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

African Giant SnailLissachatina fulica
Pacific White-spotted Sea CucumberActinopyga varians
Indo-Pacific Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaei
Shingle UrchinColobocentrotus atratus
Thin-shelled Rock CrabGrapsus tenuicrustatus
Seurat's Hermit CrabCalcinus seurati
Zoanthus gigantusZoanthus gigantus
Red Pencil UrchinHeterocentrotus mamillatus
Cauliflower CoralPocillopora meandrina
Sea MatPalythoa tuberculosa
Hawaiian Black NeriteNerita picea
Hawaiian Snakehead CowrieMonetaria caputophidii
Channeled Apple SnailPomacea canaliculata
Black-foot 'OpihiCellana exarata
Lollyfish Sea CucumberHolothuria atra
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