Gallery of Intertidal Singapore
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How to be
a gentle visitor
to our seashores

Index of places
Offshore islands
Kusu Island
St. John's Island
Pulau Hantu
Sister Islands
Lazarus Island
Sentosa
Ubin: Chek Jawa
Ubin: Pulau Sekudu

On mainland
Labrador
Tuas
Changi
Seletar
Sembawang
West Coast
Links
Dr Chua Ee Kiam's
gallery of intertidal areas

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tse-Lynn and Jani for identifying the corals on this site. For more about our reefs, visit her site
Coral Reefs
of Singapore


Thanks to Zeehan for identifying the fishes, crabs and other animals.

Thanks also to the following for photo contributions:
Chay Hoon
Philip Low
Our offshore islands
Southern islands
Pulau Semakau
Pristine shoreline and vast seagrass beds right next to our landfill!
Kusu
Blessed with more than a popular temple, Kusu is ringed with rich reefs alive with amazing lifeforms, including the endearing clown anemonefish.
St. John's Island
The undisturbed portions of St. John's has a rich rocky shore that shelters an inordinate number of land hermit crabs!
octopus Sentosa
A hidden treasure on this touristy island, is a rocky shore rich with hard corals. Octopuses are particularly common.
clown anemonefish Pulau Hantu
A wonderland of hard corals with amazing creatures such as our very own Nemo!
sea horse among staghorn coral
The Sisters Islands
Even more stupendous than Pulau Hantu. Rich with hard corals and seething with fabulous creatures.
soft coral
Lazarus Island
A marvelous shore, already lost to reclamation.
Northern islands    
knobbly sea star
Ubin: Chek Jawa
The most wonderful of all the intertidal areas in Singapore, an entire website of photos and info is dedicated to this precious place.
sea apple: a sea cucumber
Ubin: Pulau Sekudu
A fabulous islet off Chek Jawa, with an even richer coral rubble area. But it is only accessible at the lowest spring tides.

Our mainland shores
   
close up of hard coral polyps
Labrador
The only shore on the mainland with a rich variety of hard corals and other fabulous lifeforms.
soft corals
Tuas
A wonderland of soft corals in pastel shades that bloom like an alien underwater garden. A variety of hard corals are also found here.
nudibranch
Changi beach
A shoreline similar to Chek Jawa with some creatures not commonly seen at Chek Jawa.
fiddler crab
Seletar
Mangroves edge this mudflat which teems with life.
sea anemone
Sembawang
The seemingly barren sandy beach is alive with small creatures.
goby
West Coast
This rather "beat up" looking beach still has surprises for the observant visitor.

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