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Cargeddie

Aberdeenshire, Alba / Scotland · United Kingdom

What have people found?

Channelled wrack, european green crab and spiral wrack are the usual finds. ~22 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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Predicted tide for PETERHEAD, from The UK Hydrographic Office.

See low tide times at Cargeddie for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 159:45 AM6.1 ftin the dark10:29 PM5.5 ft
  2. Mon, Nov 1610:35 AM6.7 ftin the dark11:30 PM5.8 ft
  3. Tue, Nov 1711:43 AM7.1 ft

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 July and September.

What should you know before visiting?

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 Cargeddie?

Species records from iNaturalist

Channelled WrackPelvetia canaliculata
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Spiral WrackFucus spiralis
ThongweedHimanthalia elongata
Common Sea StarAsterias rubens
Sugar KelpSaccharina latissima
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Dwarf Brittle StarAmphipholis squamata
Saw WrackFucus serratus
European lobsterHomarus gammarus
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Edible CrabCancer pagurus
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
GutweedUlva intestinalis
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