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Port Fairy

Victoria · Australia

What have people found?

Wavy top, crayweed and australian giant cuttlefish turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Carpet sea star, variegated limpet and lineated cominella are the usual finds. ~136 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Port Fairy for the next three days
  1. Mon 16 Nov~11:30in the dark~21:00
  2. Tue 17 Novin the dark~21:00
  3. Wed 18 Nov~21:00

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 December.

What should you know before visiting?

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 Port Fairy?

Species records from iNaturalist

Carpet Sea StarMeridiastra calcar
Variegated limpetCellana tramoserica
Lineated cominellaCominella lineolata
Common WarrenerLunella undulata
Striped-mouth ConniwinkBembicium nanum
Wavy TopDiloma concameratum
White Italian SnailTheba pisana
Neptune's necklaceHormosira banksii
CrayweedPhyllospora comosa
Southern ribbed top snailAustrocochlea constricta
Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
Little Blue PeriwinkleAustrolittorina unifasciata
Common KelpEcklonia radiata
Australian Giant CuttlefishAscarosepion apama
Cart-rut ShellDicathais orbita
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