Ahuriri
Napier, Hawke's Bay · New Zealand
What have people found?
Painted shrimp, spotted whelk and wakame turn up here more than at our other tide pools. New zealand common cushion star, eleven-armed sea star and dead man's fingers are the usual finds. ~59 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have the numbers a tide curve is drawn from for this stretch of coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Auroa Point, 63 miles away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from May and December.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 350 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 Ahuriri?
Species records from iNaturalist
New Zealand Common Cushion StarPatiriella regularis
Eleven-armed Sea StarCoscinasterias muricata
Dead Man's FingersCodium fragile
Snakeskin ChitonSypharochiton pelliserpentis
WakameUndaria pinnatifida
Chiridota gigasChiridota gigas
Spotted WhelkCominella maculosa
Painted ShrimpAlope spinifrons
Shield ShellScutus breviculus
Radiate LimpetCellana radians
Spotted Top SnailDiloma aethiops
Melanochlamys cylindricaMelanochlamys cylindrica
Siphonaria australisSiphonaria australis
Southern CreeperZeacumantus subcarinatus
New Zealand Half CrabPetrolisthes elongatus
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