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Kilve Beach

Somerset, England · United Kingdom

What have people found?

Beaked barnacle, grey mail-shell and broadleaf sea lettuce turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Atlantic beadlet anemone, pacific oyster and european green crab are the usual finds. ~69 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

Predicted tide for Hinkley Point, from The UK Hydrographic Office.

See low tide times at Kilve Beach for the next three days
  1. Sun, Nov 15in the dark3:07 AM9.4 ft3:31 PM10.1 ft
  2. Mon, Nov 16in the dark3:40 AM10.9 ft4:12 PM11.6 ft
  3. Tue, Nov 17in the dark4:23 AM12.4 ftin the dark5:08 PM12.8 ft

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 July.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 0.2 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 Kilve Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Pacific OysterMagallana gigas
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Grey Mail-shellLepidochitona cinerea
Beaked BarnacleAustrominius modestus
Saw WrackFucus serratus
Knotted WrackAscophyllum nodosum
Common European LimpetPatella vulgata
Common CorallineCorallina officinalis
Broadleaf Sea LettuceUlva lactuca
GutweedUlva intestinalis
Purple TopshellSteromphala umbilicalis
Dwarf Brittle StarAmphipholis squamata
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