Annestown Beach
County Waterford, The Municipal District of Comeragh · Ireland
What have people found?
Spiny spider crab, common coralline and honeycomb worm turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Atlantic beadlet anemone, knotted wrack and common periwinkle are the usual finds. ~31 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Garretstown Strand, 66 miles away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from April and May.
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 Annestown Beach?
Species records from iNaturalist
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Common Sea SlaterLigia oceanica
Common European LimpetPatella vulgata
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Saw WrackFucus serratus
Common CorallineCorallina officinalis
Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragacea
Honeycomb WormSabellaria alveolata
Spiny Spider CrabMaja brachydactyla
Common WhelkBuccinum undatum
European Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
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