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Washhouse Beach

New South Wales · Australia

What have people found?

Pipi, reddish trough shell and elongate wedge shell turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Sydney cockle, hairy mussel and variegated limpet are the usual finds. ~141 distinct species have been recorded here.

What is the best time to visit today?

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See low tide times at Washhouse Beach for the next three days
  1. Mon 16 Nov~6:30in the dark~20:30
  2. Tue 17 Nov~8:00in the dark~21:30
  3. Wed 18 Nov~9:00in the dark~22:00

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?

Parking is about 400 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 Washhouse Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

Sydney CockleAnadara trapezia
Hairy MusselTrichomya hirsuta
Variegated limpetCellana tramoserica
Spengler's Trumpet SnailCabestana spengleri
PipiLatona deltoides
Cart-rut ShellDicathais orbita
Purple Rock CrabLeptograpsus variegatus
Reddish Trough ShellAustromactra rufescens
Bladder Moon SnailNeverita didyma
Carpet Sea StarMeridiastra calcar
Amphinome rostrataAmphinome rostrata
Little Blue PeriwinkleAustrolittorina unifasciata
Elongate wedge shellPaphies elongata
Zebra Top SnailAustrocochlea porcata
Scaly LimpetScutellastra peronii
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