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Spiaggia del Passetto

Ancona, Marche · Italy

What have people found?

White aeolis, four-lined polycera and pink coryphella turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Marbled crab, sap-sucking slug and cratena slug are the usual finds. ~70 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Spiaggia del Passetto for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15in the dark~8:00 PM
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark~8:30 PM
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark~9:30 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?

Paid parking is about 0.4 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 Spiaggia del Passetto?

Species records from iNaturalist

Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Sap-sucking SlugElysia viridis
Amphorina farraniAmphorina farrani
Gongolaria barbataGongolaria barbata
Facelina rubrovittataFacelina rubrovittata
Berthella perforataBerthella perforata
Cratena SlugCratena peregrina
Four-lined PolyceraPolycera quadrilineata
White AeolisFavorinus branchialis
Pink CoryphellaEdmundsella pedata
Spurilla neapolitanaSpurilla neapolitana
Amphorina viriolaAmphorina viriola
Daisy AnemoneCereus pedunculatus
Mediterranean Beadlet AnemoneActinia mediterranea
Felimare gasconiFelimare gasconi
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