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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: 3:19pm – 5:03pm
Leave the beach by 5:03pm — 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.
10° · drizzle · 10mm rain · Low tide: 5:02am (0.9 m), 5:19pm (1.0 m) · Wind up to 25 km/h · Waves 1.2 m
Safe window: 3:54pm – 5:01pm
Leave the beach by 5:01pm — 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.
10° · overcast · 9mm rain · Low tide: 5:36am (1.0 m), 5:54pm (1.0 m) · Wind up to 17 km/h · Waves 0.9 m
Safe window: 4:30pm – 5:00pm
Leave the beach by 5:00pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Heavy rain in the last two days may have washed fresh material out of the cliffs. Low tide falls towards evening, though it is not an especially big one. Daylight cuts the collecting window to under 45 minutes, so don't plan a long session.
9° · clear · Low tide: 6:11am (1.1 m), 6:30pm (1.0 m) · Wind up to 24 km/h · Waves 1.0 m
Safe window: 6:41am – 7:46am
Leave the beach by 7:46am — 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.
7° · clear · Low tide: 6:46am (1.2 m), 7:07pm (1.1 m) · Wind up to 19 km/h · Waves 0.7 m
Safe window: 6:42am – 8:22am
Leave the beach by 8:22am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls first thing, though it is not an especially big one.
10° · overcast · Low tide: 7:22am (1.4 m), 7:46pm (1.2 m) · Wind up to 16 km/h · Waves 0.7 m
Safe window: 6:44am – 9:01am
Leave the beach by 9:01am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls first thing, though it is not an especially big one.
12° · overcast · 5mm rain · Low tide: 8:01am (1.5 m), 8:30pm (1.3 m) · Wind up to 18 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 6:46am – 9:46am
Leave the beach by 9:46am — 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.
12° · overcast · 8mm rain · Low tide: 8:46am (1.7 m), 9:23pm (1.5 m) · Wind up to 23 km/h · Waves 0.9 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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