Hastings Point
New South Wales · Australia
What have people found?
Peron's pleurobranch, banded kelp shell and mulberry whelk turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Zebra top snail, variegated limpet and waratah anemone are the usual finds. ~308 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 3 years of observations.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Nguthungulli Julian Rocks Nature Reserve, 28 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from January and July.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 200 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 Hastings Point?
Species records from iNaturalist
Zebra Top SnailAustrocochlea porcata
Variegated limpetCellana tramoserica
Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
Indo-Pacific Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaei
Gold Ring CowryMonetaria annulus
Brown-lined PaperbubbleHydatina physis
Peron's PleurobranchPleurobranchus peronii
Speckled rock anemoneOulactis muscosa
White-speckled SeahareAplysia argus
Black neriteNerita melanotragus
Mulberry WhelkArakawania marginalba
Striped-mouth ConniwinkBembicium nanum
Dolabrifera brazieriDolabrifera brazieri
Yellow-footed Hermit CrabClibanarius virescens
Banded Kelp ShellBankivia fasciata
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