Long Reef Point
New South Wales · Australia
What have people found?
Common tent shell, false ear shell and packhorse rock lobster turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Military turban, zebra top snail and brown-lined paperbubble are the usual finds. ~383 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 5 years of observations.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Norah Head, 35 miles away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from April and May.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 0.4 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 Long Reef Point?
Species records from iNaturalist
Military TurbanTurbo militaris
Zebra Top SnailAustrocochlea porcata
Brown-lined PaperbubbleHydatina physis
Dwarf Cushion StarParvulastra exigua
Cart-rut ShellDicathais orbita
Variegated limpetCellana tramoserica
White-speckled SeahareAplysia argus
Snakehead CowrieMonetaria caputserpentis
Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
False Ear ShellGranata imbricata
Rough turban shellLunella torquata
Common Tent ShellAstralium tentoriiforme
Black neriteNerita melanotragus
Packhorse Rock LobsterSagmariasus verreauxi
Spengler's Trumpet SnailCabestana spengleri
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