Collers Beach
New South Wales · Australia
What have people found?
Chapman's limpet, denticulated siphon shell and reddish-rayed abalone turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Black nerite, neptune's necklace and false ear shell are the usual finds. ~143 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Shell Beach, 49 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from May and June.
What should you know before visiting?
Customer parking is about 300 meters 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. Rock pool safety
A rock pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The rockpooling code
What lives at Collers Beach?
Species records from iNaturalist
Black neriteNerita melanotragus
Neptune's necklaceHormosira banksii
False Ear ShellGranata imbricata
Variegated limpetCellana tramoserica
Striped-mouth ConniwinkBembicium nanum
Chapman's LimpetScutellastra chapmani
Little Blue PeriwinkleAustrolittorina unifasciata
Denticulated Siphon ShellSiphonaria denticulata
Zebra Top SnailAustrocochlea porcata
Brown-lined PaperbubbleHydatina physis
Red Rock CrabGuinusia chabrus
Common Sydney OctopusOctopus tetricus
Wandering Sea AnemonePhlyctenactis tuberculosa
Rough turban shellLunella torquata
reddish-rayed abaloneHaliotis coccoradiata
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