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Sailors Grave Beach

Victoria · Australia

What have people found?

Brown cowry, compton's cowrie and scaly limpet turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Carpet sea star, spengler's trumpet snail and wavy volute are the usual finds. ~112 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Sailors Grave Beach for the next three days
  1. Mon 16 Nov~7:00in the dark~20:30
  2. Tue 17 Nov~8:30in the dark~21:30
  3. Wed 18 Nov~9:30in the dark~22:30

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 April and August.

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 Sailors Grave Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Carpet Sea StarMeridiastra calcar
Spengler's Trumpet SnailCabestana spengleri
Wavy VoluteAmoria undulata
Common WarrenerLunella undulata
Brown CowryNotocypraea angustata
Compton's CowrieNotocypraea comptonii
Neptune's necklaceHormosira banksii
Variegated limpetCellana tramoserica
Cart-rut ShellDicathais orbita
Purple Rock CrabLeptograpsus variegatus
Scaly LimpetScutellastra peronii
Beaked MusselAustromytilus rostratus
Lineated cominellaCominella lineolata
Little Blue PeriwinkleAustrolittorina unifasciata
CrayweedPhyllospora comosa
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