Saco da Ribeira
Ubatuba, São Paulo · Brazil
What have people found?
Spotted cowry, green porcelain crab and harlequin sea cucumber turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Mottled shore crab, collared sand anemone and cuban stone crab are the usual finds. ~38 distinct species have been recorded here.
What is the best time to visit today?
Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.Lowest tide at , download the app to see the weekly schedule.Lowest tide occurs at , in the dark, download the app to see the weekly schedule for a better time.
See low tide times at Saco da Ribeira for the next three days
- Sun, Nov 15in the dark~7:30 AMin the dark~1:00 PM
- Mon, Nov 16in the dark~1:00 AMin the dark~2:00 PM
- Tue, Nov 17in the dark~2:00 AMin the dark~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
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When do people visit?
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Most observations come from October and November.
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 Saco da Ribeira?
Species records from iNaturalist
Mottled Shore CrabPachygrapsus transversus
Collared Sand AnemoneActinostella flosculifera
Cuban Stone CrabMenippe nodifrons
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrata
Redfinger Rubble CrabEriphia gonagra
Harlequin Sea CucumberHolothuria grisea
Spotted CowryMacrocypraea zebra
Indo-Pacific Swimming CrabCharybdis hellerii
Green Porcelain CrabPetrolisthes armatus
Nine-armed Sea StarLuidia senegalensis
Drymaeus papyraceusDrymaeus papyraceus
Fighting ConchStrombus pugilis
Commensal Brittle StarOphiothela mirabilis
Ribbed BarnacleTetraclita stalactifera
Intertidal Zebra SnailEchinolittorina lineolata
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Every organism named, every visit logged to your journal.
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