Kingston Beach
Hobart, Tasmania · Australia
What have people found?
Commercial scallop, tasmanian venus and placid frilled venus turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Carpet sea star, northern pacific sea star and eleven-armed sea star are the usual finds. ~99 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 2 years of observations.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Darlington, 74 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from February and July.
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 Kingston Beach?
Species records from iNaturalist
Carpet Sea StarMeridiastra calcar
Northern Pacific Sea StarAsterias amurensis
Eleven-armed Sea StarCoscinasterias muricata
Giant KelpMacrocystis pyrifera
Commercial ScallopPecten fumatus
Tasmanian VenusNotocallista diemenensis
Placid Frilled VenusPlacamen placidum
Little Blue PeriwinkleAustrolittorina unifasciata
Southern Keeled OctopusOctopus berrima
New Zealand Common Cushion StarPatiriella regularis
Common WarrenerLunella undulata
Afrolittorina praetermissaAfrolittorina praetermissa
Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
Elongate wedge shellPaphies elongata
Pacific OysterMagallana gigas
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