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Freshwater Beach

Isle of Wight, England · United Kingdom

What have people found?

Sea noodle, pepper dulse and grey mail-shell turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Snakelocks anemone, strawberry anemone and atlantic beadlet anemone are the usual finds. ~35 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Lee-on-the-Solent, 26 kilometers away.

What is the best time to visit today?

Download the app to see the 7-day schedule.

Predicted tide for Freshwater Bay, from The UK Hydrographic Office.

See low tide times at Freshwater Beach for the next three days
  1. Sun 15 Nov7:111.2 min the dark19:291.0 m
  2. Mon 16 Nov7:531.3 min the dark20:121.1 m
  3. Tue 17 Nov8:441.4 min the dark21:051.1 m

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 February and June.

What should you know before visiting?

Paid 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 Freshwater Beach?

Species records from iNaturalist

snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragacea
Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equina
Purple TopshellSteromphala umbilicalis
Saw WrackFucus serratus
Hairy Porcelain CrabPorcellana platycheles
Japanese WireweedSargassum muticum
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
Atlantic DogwhelkNucella lapillus
Grey Mail-shellLepidochitona cinerea
Sea NoodleNemalion elminthoides
bladder wrackFucus vesiculosus
Pepper DulseOsmundea pinnatifida
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