Punta San Francisco
Guanacaste · Costa Rica
What have people found?
Mouthless crab, panamic comb venus and green spiny lobster turn up here more than at our other tide pools. White-mouth turritella, diomedes' sapsucker and ecuadorian hermit crab are the usual finds. ~145 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 Punta San Francisco for the next three days
- Sun, Nov 15in the dark~12:30 PMin the dark
- Mon, Nov 16in the dark~12:30 AMin the dark~1:00 PM
- Tue, Nov 17in the dark~1:30 AMin the dark~2:00 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
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When do people visit?
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Most observations come from June and December.
What should you know before visiting?
Customer parking is about 500 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 Punta San Francisco?
Species records from iNaturalist
White-mouth TurritellaCaviturritella leucostoma
Diomedes' SapsuckerElysia diomedea
Ecuadorian Hermit CrabCoenobita compressus
Nicaragua sea hareDolabrifera nicaraguana
Halloween CrabHartnollius quadratus
Green Spiny LobsterPanulirus gracilis
Lumpy Claw CrabEriphia squamata
Cardites tricolorCardites tricolor
Polybranchia mexicanaPolybranchia mexicana
Uvanilla buschiiUvanilla buschii
Short-tooth Thorn DrupeAcanthais brevidentata
Panamic Comb VenusHysteroconcha lupanaria
Pyramid Sea StarPharia pyramidata
mouthless crabCardisoma crassum
Giant False LimpetSiphonaria gigas
Scan this tide pool on your next visit.
Every organism named, every visit logged to your journal.
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