Mill Beach
New South Wales · Australia
What have people found?
Smooth-handed ghost crab, pyramid noddiwink and blacklip abalone turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Waratah anemone, carpet sea star and clown doris are the usual finds. ~74 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, 89 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from April and May.
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 Mill Beach?
Species records from iNaturalist
Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
Carpet Sea StarMeridiastra calcar
Clown DorisCeratosoma amoenum
Smooth-handed Ghost CrabOcypode cordimana
Purple Rock CrabLeptograpsus variegatus
Green Snakelock AnemoneAulactinia veratra
Pyramid NoddiwinkNodilittorina pyramidalis
Elephant SnailScutus antipodes
Dwarf Cushion StarParvulastra exigua
blacklip abaloneHaliotis rubra
Speckled rock anemoneOulactis muscosa
Black neriteNerita melanotragus
Rough turban shellLunella torquata
Magnificent AscidianBotrylloides magnicoecus
Zebra Top SnailAustrocochlea porcata
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