Playa Ocotal
Guanacaste · Costa Rica
What have people found?
Green feather alga, thorn latirus and pacific mottled shore crab turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Nicaragua sea hare, ecuadorian hermit crab and sally lightfoot crab are the usual finds. ~82 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Punta San Francisco, 18 miles away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from June and July.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 0.5 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 Playa Ocotal?
Species records from iNaturalist
Nicaragua sea hareDolabrifera nicaraguana
Ecuadorian Hermit CrabCoenobita compressus
Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsus
Halloween CrabHartnollius quadratus
Short-tooth Thorn DrupeAcanthais brevidentata
Needle Sea UrchinDiadema mexicanum
Green Feather AlgaCaulerpa sertularioides
Blue Sea StarPhataria unifascialis
Pacific Mottled Shore CrabPachygrapsus socius
Painted Ghost CrabOcypode gaudichaudii
Giant False LimpetSiphonaria gigas
Stramonita biserialisStramonita biserialis
Fire Tentacle AnemoneBunodosoma grande
Central American Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra vanbrunti
Thorn LatirusOpeatostoma pseudodon
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