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Today at Yaverland, Isle of Wight
Quiet dayWhy: Low tide falls towards evening, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
Safe window: 4:30pm – 7:30pm
Leave the beach by 7:30pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls towards evening, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
26° · clear · Low tide: 6:30pm (1.0 m) · Wind up to 25 km/h · Waves 0.9 m
Safe window: 4:59am – 7:59am
Leave the beach by 7:59am — 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 0.6 m low tide falls first thing.
26° · clear · Low tide: 6:59am (0.6 m), 7:18pm (1.0 m) · Wind up to 17 km/h · Waves 0.7 m
Safe window: 5:48am – 8:48am
Leave the beach by 8:48am — 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 0.6 m low tide falls first thing.
26° · clear · Low tide: 7:48am (0.6 m), 8:04pm (1.0 m) · Wind up to 20 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 6:35am – 9:35am
Leave the beach by 9:35am — 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 0.7 m low tide falls first thing.
25° · clear · Low tide: 8:35am (0.7 m), 8:50pm (1.1 m) · Wind up to 14 km/h · Waves 0.4 m
Safe window: 7:21am – 10:21am
Leave the beach by 10:21am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-morning, though it is not an especially big one.
25° · mostly clear · Low tide: 9:21am (0.8 m), 9:36pm (1.2 m) · Wind up to 17 km/h · Waves 0.4 m
Safe window: 8:08am – 11:08am
Leave the beach by 11:08am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-morning, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
24° · mostly clear · Low tide: 10:08am (1.0 m), 10:23pm (1.4 m) · Wind up to 19 km/h · Waves 0.2 m
Safe window: 8:55am – 11:55am
Leave the beach by 11:55am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-morning, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
24° · clear · Low tide: 10:55am (1.2 m), 11:12pm (1.5 m) · Wind up to 23 km/h · Waves 0.2 m
Walk north-east below the Wealden cliffs and search the freshly washed gravel and clay runnels at low water — bone fragments and the odd Iguanodon tooth wash from the slumped clays onto the open beach.
Dinosaur bone is black to dark brown with a spongy, bubbly texture — often mistaken for a worn pebble until you feel how heavy it is. Ammonites usually show as a curved ridge poking out of grey rock. Free identification: Dinosaur Isle at Sandown identifies finds in person and runs guided fossil walks.
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: No digging into the cliffs (SSSI), and dinosaur footprint casts must be left in place for everyone to see.
Important finds: Report significant finds to Dinosaur Isle, Sandown.
Rules can change — check locally before you collect.
Detailed location guide at UK Fossils →
Large pay car park behind Yaverland beach.
Café and toilets by the car park; Dinosaur Isle museum a short walk away.
Flat access onto sand; hunt north-east below the Wealden cliffs towards Culver.
The dark Wealden cliffs slump and slide after rain — dinosaur bone comes to you on the beach, so stay off the cliffs. Rising tide narrows the beach quickly towards Culver Cliff.
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