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Fossil Beach Geological Reserve

Victoria · Australia

What have people found?

Blacklip abalone, wavy top and short-tailed ceratosoma turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Neptune's necklace, western pacific purple sea urchin and eleven-armed sea star are the usual finds. ~79 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Fossil Beach Geological Reserve for the next three days
  1. Mon 16 Novin the dark~0:30~13:30
  2. Tue 17 Novin the dark~1:00~14:00
  3. Wed 18 Novin the dark~2:00~14:30

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 January and September.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 150 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 Fossil Beach Geological Reserve?

Species records from iNaturalist

Neptune's necklaceHormosira banksii
Western Pacific purple sea urchinHeliocidaris erythrogramma
Eleven-armed Sea StarCoscinasterias muricata
Short-tailed CeratosomaCeratosoma brevicaudatum
Common Biscuit StarTosia australis
Cart-rut ShellDicathais orbita
Lineated cominellaCominella lineolata
Striped False LimpetSiphonaria diemenensis
Wavy TopDiloma concameratum
Variegated limpetCellana tramoserica
Little Blue PeriwinkleAustrolittorina unifasciata
Erythropodium hicksoniErythropodium hicksoni
Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
Common KelpEcklonia radiata
blacklip abaloneHaliotis rubra
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