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Newcastle Beach

Newcastle, New South Wales · Australia

What have people found?

Strap caulerpa, spengler's trumpet snail and brown-lined paperbubble turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Carpet sea star, zebra top snail and speckled rock anemone are the usual finds. ~135 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 Norah Head, 44 kilometers away.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from April and September.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 100 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 Newcastle Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Carpet Sea StarMeridiastra calcar
Zebra Top SnailAustrocochlea porcata
Speckled rock anemoneOulactis muscosa
Variegated limpetCellana tramoserica
Purple Rock CrabLeptograpsus variegatus
Cart-rut ShellDicathais orbita
Spengler's Trumpet SnailCabestana spengleri
Neptune's necklaceHormosira banksii
Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
Striped-mouth ConniwinkBembicium nanum
Dwarf Cushion StarParvulastra exigua
Strap CaulerpaCaulerpa filiformis
Brown-lined PaperbubbleHydatina physis
Eleven-armed Sea StarCoscinasterias muricata
Little Blue PeriwinkleAustrolittorina unifasciata
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