Punta Albatros
Departamento Atlántico, Chubut · Argentina
What have people found?
Little pentagon star, marine prickly pear and delicate sea slug turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Giant kelp, gevers's trophon and cinderella sea star are the usual finds. ~56 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from March and April.
What should you know before visiting?
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 Punta Albatros?
Species records from iNaturalist
Giant KelpMacrocystis pyrifera
Gevers's TrophonTrophon geversianus
Cinderella Sea StarAnasterias antarctica
Purple MusselPerumytilus purpuratus
Little Pentagon StarAsterina fimbriata
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
WakameUndaria pinnatifida
Pacific Acorn BarnacleBalanus glandula
Tehuelche scallopAequipecten tehuelchus
Marine Prickly PearPolyzoa opuntia
Large Warted DorisDoris fontainii
Lobed AnemoneAntholoba achates
Delicate Sea SlugTyrinna delicata
Spanish SnailOtala punctata
Dotted Bristle Sea SlugDiaulula punctuolata
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