Changi Village

Singapore · Singapore

What have people found?

Cake sand dollar, biscuit sea star and violet sea apple turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Orange-striped hermit crab, asian blue swimming crab and pink warty sea cucumber are the usual finds. ~192 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 5 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

See low tide times at Changi Village for the next three days
  1. Mon, Nov 16~8:30 AMin the dark~10:00 PM
  2. Tue, Nov 17~10:30 AMin the dark~11:00 PM
  3. Wed, Nov 18~12:00 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 June and August.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 1000 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 Changi Village?

Species records from iNaturalist

Orange-striped Hermit CrabClibanarius infraspinatus
Asian Blue Swimming CrabPortunus pelagicus
Pink Warty Sea CucumberCercodemas anceps
Haddon's AnemoneStichodactyla haddoni
Cake Sand DollarArachnoides placenta
Thorny Sea CucumberColochirus quadrangularis
Noble VoluteCymbiola nobilis
Common Moon CrabMatuta victor
Biscuit Sea StarGoniodiscaster scaber
Violet Sea ApplePseudocolochirus violaceus
Paracondylactis singaporensisParacondylactis singaporensis
mangrove stone crabMyomenippe hardwickii
Indo-Pacific Swimming CrabCharybdis hellerii
Dark-striped Sea CucumberMensamaria intercedens
Plain Sand StarAstropecten indicus
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