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Today at Kilve
FairBig tide today (spring tide) — more beach exposed, but it comes back in fast.
Why: A big 0.7 m low tide falls mid-afternoon.
Safe window: 12:26pm – 3:26pm
Leave the beach by 3:26pm — 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 mid-afternoon.
22° · mostly clear · Low tide: 2:13am (0.6 m), 2:26pm (0.7 m) · Wind up to 24 km/h · Waves 0.8 m
Safe window: 1:01pm – 4:01pm
Leave the beach by 4:01pm — 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 0.8 m low tide falls mid-afternoon.
21° · overcast · Low tide: 2:49am (0.7 m), 3:01pm (0.8 m) · Wind up to 22 km/h · Waves 0.8 m
Safe window: 1:32pm – 4:32pm
Leave the beach by 4:32pm — 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.
20° · mostly clear · Low tide: 3:21am (0.9 m), 3:32pm (1.1 m) · Wind up to 22 km/h · Waves 0.5 m
Safe window: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Leave the beach by 5:00pm — 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 1.5 m low tide falls mid-afternoon.
18° · mostly clear · Low tide: 3:49am (1.3 m), 4:00pm (1.5 m) · Wind up to 45 km/h · Waves 1.0 m
Safe window: 2:26pm – 5:26pm
Leave the beach by 5:26pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: A recent westerly blow should have brought fresh cliff material onto the beach. An early-autumn blow like this restocks beaches after the quiet summer. Low tide falls mid-afternoon, though it is not an especially big one.
17° · overcast · Low tide: 4:14am (1.8 m), 4:26pm (2.0 m) · Wind up to 37 km/h · Waves 0.9 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Winds gusting around 61 km/h forecast — not a day to be under cliffs.
18° · mostly clear · 2mm rain · Low tide: 4:38am (2.4 m), 4:53pm (2.6 m) · Wind up to 46 km/h · Waves 1.6 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Winds gusting around 60 km/h forecast — not a day to be under cliffs.
18° · overcast · Low tide: 5:04am (3.0 m), 5:25pm (3.2 m) · Wind up to 45 km/h · Waves 1.6 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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