One Bush Cay
Saint Ann · Jamaica
What have people found?
Massive starlet coral, variegated sea urchin and greater star coral turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Caribbean land hermit crab, mustard hill coral and west indian sea egg are the usual finds. ~82 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at West End, 64 miles away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from January and October.
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 One Bush Cay?
Species records from iNaturalist
Caribbean Land Hermit CrabCoenobita clypeatus
Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoides
West Indian Sea EggTripneustes ventricosus
Atlantic Long-spined Sea UrchinDiadema antillarum
Massive Starlet CoralSiderastrea siderea
spotted seahareAplysia dactylomela
Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsus
Giant AnemoneCondylactis gigantea
Finger CoralPorites porites
Variegated Sea UrchinLytechinus variegatus
Atlantic Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra lucunter
Four-toothed NeriteNerita versicolor
West Indian Fuzzy ChitonAcanthopleura granulata
Greater Star CoralMontastraea cavernosa
Bleeding Tooth NeriteNerita peloronta
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