Colaba
What have people found?
Striated red porcelain crab, burnt cup coral and indian sea plume turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Bombay dorid, banded bead anemone and pawar's & shinde's cratena are the usual finds. ~124 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 4 years of observations.
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 Colaba for the next three days
- Mon, Nov 16in the dark~11:00 AMin the dark~10:00 PM
- Tue, Nov 17in the dark~12:00 PMin the dark~11:30 PM
- Wed, Nov 18in the dark~1:00 PMin the dark
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 April and May.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 0.2 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 Colaba?
Species records from iNaturalist
Bombay DoridGoniobranchus bombayanus
Banded Bead AnemoneAnthopleura dixoniana
Pawar's & Shinde's cratenaCratena pawarshindeorum
Striated Red Porcelain crabPetrolisthes boscii
Anjuna AnemoneAnthopleura anjunae
Maroon Stone CrabMenippe rumphii
Striped Green Sea AnemoneDiadumene lineata
Burnt cup coralCladangia exusta
Common Triton SnailGyrineum natator
Indian Sea plumePseudopterogorgia fredericki
Arabian CowrieMauritia arabica
Star-tentacled BornellaBornella stellifera
Blue ButtonPorpita porpita
Hirase's Leaf SlugElysia hirasei
Mottled Lightfoot CrabGrapsus albolineatus
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Every organism named, every visit logged to your journal.
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