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Sawtell Main Beach

Coffs Harbour, New South Wales · Australia

What have people found?

Latticed keyhole limpet, yellow-toothed cowrie and sydney rock oyster turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Variegated limpet, cart-rut shell and carpet sea star are the usual finds. ~191 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 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 Sawtell Main Beach for the next three days
  1. Mon, Nov 16~6:30 AMin the dark~8:30 PM
  2. Tue, Nov 17~7:30 AMin the dark~9:30 PM
  3. Wed, Nov 18~9:00 AMin the dark~10:00 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 February and May.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 0.5 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 Sawtell Main Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Variegated limpetCellana tramoserica
Cart-rut ShellDicathais orbita
Carpet Sea StarMeridiastra calcar
Zebra Top SnailAustrocochlea porcata
Yellow-toothed CowrieErronea xanthodon
Spengler's Trumpet SnailCabestana spengleri
Mulberry WhelkArakawania marginalba
Common KelpEcklonia radiata
Walking SeahareAplysia juliana
Sydney Rock OysterSaccostrea glomerata
Striped-mouth ConniwinkBembicium nanum
Sydney SeahareAplysia sydneyensis
Black neriteNerita melanotragus
Latticed Keyhole LimpetDiodora lineata
Lined SeahareStylocheilus striatus
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