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Mouille Point

City of Cape Town, Western Cape · South Africa

What have people found?

Crumb-of-bread sponge, deadman's fingers and southern periwinkle turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Long-tentacled anemone, cape sea urchin and dwarf cushion star are the usual finds. ~108 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 Mouille Point for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15in the dark~12:00 AM~12:30 PM
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark~1:00 AM~2:00 PM
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark~2:00 AM~3:30 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 March and April.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 350 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 Mouille Point?

Species records from iNaturalist

long-tentacled anemoneAnthopleura michaelseni
Cape sea urchinParechinus angulosus
Dwarf Cushion StarParvulastra exigua
Sea bambooEcklonia maxima
Plum AnemoneActinia ebhayiensis
Spiny StarfishMarthasterias africana
Cape Rock LobsterJasus lalandii
crumb-of-bread spongeHymeniacidon perlevis
Granular LimpetScutellastra granularis
Deadman's FingersSplachnidium rugosum
Granite LimpetCymbula granatina
sandy anemoneBunodactis reynaudi
False Plum AnemonePseudactinia flagellifera
Southern PeriwinkleAfrolittorina knysnaensis
Reticulated Sea StarHenricia ornata
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