← Tide Pool Directory/ Brazil/ Prainha

Prainha

Torres, Rio Grande do Sul · Brazil

What have people found?

Marbled jelly, brazilian mole crab and brown mussel turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Mottled shore crab, canjica anemone and atlantic blue crab are the usual finds. ~21 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Prainha for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15~6:00 AM~2:00 PM
  2. Mon, Nov 16~6:00 AM~3:00 PM
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark~2:30 AM~4:00 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?

JFMAMJJASOND

Most observations come from January and November.

What should you know before visiting?

Paid 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 Prainha?

Species records from iNaturalist

Mottled Shore CrabPachygrapsus transversus
Canjica AnemoneBunodosoma cangicum
Atlantic Blue CrabCallinectes sapidus
Brown MusselPerna perna
Stramonita brasiliensisStramonita brasiliensis
Brazilian Mole CrabEmerita brasiliensis
Marbled JellyLychnorhiza lucerna
Olindias sambaquiensisOlindias sambaquiensis
By-the-wind SailorVelella velella
Lined Water JellyRhacostoma atlanticum
Lottia subrugosaLottia subrugosa
Sea SwallowGlaucus atlanticus
West Atlantic Sandcastle WormPhragmatopoma caudata
Portuguese Man o' WarPhysalia physalis
Violet Sea SnailJanthina janthina
Scan this tide pool on your next visit.

Every organism named, every visit logged to your journal.