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Herolds Bay

Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape · South Africa

What have people found?

Different-leaf sargassum, blue coral-worm and duck's foot limpet turn up here more than at our other tide pools. False plum anemone, brown mussel and dwarf cushion star are the usual finds. ~81 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Herolds Bay for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15in the dark~12:30 AM~1:00 PM
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark~1:00 AM~2:00 PM
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark~2:30 AM~4:00 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 April and May.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 0.3 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 Herolds Bay?

Species records from iNaturalist

False Plum AnemonePseudactinia flagellifera
Brown MusselPerna perna
Dwarf Cushion StarParvulastra exigua
Tooth BarnacleChthamalus dentatus
Cape sea urchinParechinus angulosus
duck's foot limpetScutellastra longicosta
Spiny StarfishMarthasterias africana
Grey Volcano BarnacleTetraclita serrata
Red Rock CrabGuinusia chabrus
South African TurbanTurbo sarmaticus
Shore CrabCyclograpsus punctatus
Blue Coral-wormSpirobranchus kraussii
Spiny ChitonAcanthochitona garnoti
Different-leaf SargassumSargassum incisifolium
Mediterranean MusselMytilus galloprovincialis
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