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Burleigh Head National Park

Gold Coast, Queensland · Australia

What have people found?

White-speckled headshield slug, warty seacat and black doris turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Ornate facelinid, blunt-end seahare and brazilian aeolid are the usual finds. ~412 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 4 years of observations.

Tide

We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.

View the predicted tide at Nguthungulli Julian Rocks Nature Reserve, 37 miles away.

When do people visit?

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Most observations come from June and October.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 150 feet 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. Tide pool safety
A tide pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The tidepooling code

What lives at Burleigh Head National Park?

Species records from iNaturalist

Ornate facelinidAustraeolis ornata
Blunt-end SeahareDolabella auricularia
Brazilian AeolidSpurilla braziliana
Zebra Top SnailAustrocochlea porcata
Black DorisDendrodoris nigra
Gold Ring CowryMonetaria annulus
Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
Warty SeacatDolabrifera dolabrifera
Variegated limpetCellana tramoserica
White-speckled Headshield SlugBiuve fulvipunctata
Yellow-footed Hermit CrabClibanarius virescens
White-speckled SeahareAplysia argus
Spengler's Trumpet SnailCabestana spengleri
Anteaeolidiella luranaAnteaeolidiella lurana
Rostanga arbutusRostanga arbutus
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