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Today at Kilve
FairBig tide today (spring tide) — more beach exposed, but it comes back in fast.
Why: A big 1.3 m low tide falls mid-afternoon.
Safe window: 12:28pm – 3:28pm
Leave the beach by 3:28pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Big tide today (spring tide) — more beach exposed, but it comes back in fast.
Why: A big 1.3 m low tide falls mid-afternoon.
26° · clear · Low tide: 2:28pm (1.3 m) · Wind up to 35 km/h · Waves 0.5 m
Safe window: 1:15pm – 4:15pm
Leave the beach by 4:15pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Big tide today (spring tide) — more beach exposed, but it comes back in fast.
Why: A big 1.1 m low tide falls mid-afternoon.
27° · clear · Low tide: 2:59am (1.0 m), 3:15pm (1.1 m) · Wind up to 25 km/h · Waves 0.4 m
Safe window: 4:34am – 4:44am
Leave the beach by 4:44am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Big tide today (spring tide) — more beach exposed, but it comes back in fast.
Why: A big 0.9 m low tide falls first thing. Daylight cuts the collecting window to under 45 minutes, so don't plan a long session.
25° · clear · Low tide: 3:44am (0.9 m), 3:57pm (1.1 m) · Wind up to 19 km/h · Waves 0.2 m
Safe window: 4:35am – 5:23am
Leave the beach by 5:23am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Big tide today (spring tide) — more beach exposed, but it comes back in fast.
Why: A big 1.1 m low tide falls first thing.
22° · clear · Low tide: 4:23am (1.1 m), 4:35pm (1.3 m) · Wind up to 28 km/h · Waves 0.3 m
Safe window: 4:37am – 5:58am
Leave the beach by 5:58am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Big tide today (spring tide) — more beach exposed, but it comes back in fast.
Why: A big 1.4 m low tide falls first thing.
22° · mostly clear · Low tide: 4:58am (1.4 m), 5:09pm (1.7 m) · Wind up to 32 km/h · Waves 0.4 m
Safe window: 4:38am – 6:32am
Leave the beach by 6:32am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls first thing, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
22° · clear · Low tide: 5:32am (1.9 m), 5:45pm (2.1 m) · Wind up to 37 km/h · Waves 0.2 m
Safe window: 4:40am – 7:07am
Leave the beach by 7:07am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls first thing, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
21° · clear · Low tide: 6:07am (2.4 m), 6:24pm (2.7 m) · Wind up to 34 km/h · Waves 0.2 m
At low water the flat ledges show huge coiled ammonites in the rock — bring a camera, not a hammer. For keepers, search the loose shingle and boulder gaps along the tideline where smaller ammonites and oysters wash free.
Giant ammonites — some nearly a metre across — sit in the flat ledges: photograph them, they must stay. Loose finds are smaller ammonites, ridged oysters and occasional dark, dense reptile bone. Identification help: Watchet Market House Museum (seasonal), or photograph finds for a museum enquiry.
This coast is a protected site (SSSI). What does that mean?
Allowed: Loose fossils from the beach may be kept for personal collections.
Never allowed: This SSSI coast has a strict no-hammering code — do not hammer or dig the ledges, cliffs or in-place ammonites.
Important finds: Ask at Watchet Market House Museum about significant finds.
Rules can change — check locally before you collect.
Detailed location guide at UK Fossils →
Small car park at the end of Sea Lane, Kilve Pill.
Seasonal tea room near the car park; no facilities on the beach.
Short flat walk from the car park onto boulders and ledges.
Huge Bristol Channel tidal range — the sea returns faster than walking pace over the flat ledges. Cliff falls along the whole stretch; boulders are very slippery.
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