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Singleton Swash

Horry County, South Carolina · United States

What have people found?

Eastern banded tulip, speckled purse crab and eastern auger turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Blood ark, atlantic sand fiddler crab and eastern oyster are the usual finds. ~98 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide from Bucksport, 19 miles away.

See low tide times at Singleton Swash for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 159:22 AM0.4 ftin the dark10:34 PM0.6 ft
  2. Mon, Nov 1610:10 AM0.4 ftin the dark11:17 PM0.6 ft
  3. Tue, Nov 1711:08 AM0.5 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 June and September.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 0.6 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 Singleton Swash?

Species records from iNaturalist

Blood ArkLunarca ovalis
Atlantic Sand Fiddler CrabLeptuca pugilator
Eastern OysterCrassostrea virginica
Cannonball JellyStomolophus meleagris
Shark EyeNeverita duplicata
Speckled Swimming CrabArenaeus cribrarius
CoquinaDonax variabilis
Lettered OliveOliva sayana
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrata
Eastern Banded TulipCinctura hunteria
Speckled Purse CrabPersephona aquilonaris
Eastern AugerNeoterebra dislocata
Atlantic Sand CrabEmerita talpoida
Giant Atlantic CockleDinocardium robustum
White Baby EarSinum perspectivum
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