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Banc de sable de l'Espiguette

France métropolitaine · France

What have people found?

Planc's brown sea cucumber, slender sea pen and fly-specked moon snail turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Hebrew moon snail, changeable nassa and european common cuttlefish are the usual finds. ~227 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Banc de sable de l'Espiguette for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15in the dark~4:00 AMin the dark~8:30 PM
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark~5:00 AMin the dark~9:30 PM
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark~6:00 AMin the dark~10:00 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?

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Most observations come from January and February.

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 Banc de sable de l'Espiguette?

Species records from iNaturalist

Tethys fimbriaTethys fimbria
Hebrew moon snailNaticarius hebraeus
Andresia partenopeaAndresia partenopea
Changeable NassaTritia mutabilis
European Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Sand Sea StarAstropecten irregularis
Fly-specked Moon SnailNaticarius stercusmuscarum
Sea PenVeretillum cynomorium
Purple Dye MurexBolinus brandaris
Mediterranean feather starAntedon mediterranea
Pachycerianthus solitariusPachycerianthus solitarius
Planc's Brown Sea CucumberOcnus planci
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Daisy AnemoneCereus pedunculatus
Slender sea penVirgularia mirabilis
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