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Today at Kilve
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: 4:52pm – 6:48pm
Leave the beach by 6:48pm — 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.
14° · drizzle · 4mm rain · Low tide: 5:56am (4.2 m), 6:52pm (4.3 m) · Wind up to 31 km/h · Waves 0.5 m
Safe window: 6:36pm – 6:46pm
Leave the beach by 6:46pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: 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. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
13° · overcast · 7mm rain · Low tide: 7:32am (4.6 m), 8:36pm (4.3 m) · Wind up to 19 km/h · Waves 0.4 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Rough seas with big waves forecast — stay off the beach today.
13° · drizzle · 21mm rain · Low tide: 9:16am (4.2 m), 9:59pm (3.7 m) · Wind up to 77 km/h · Waves 2.8 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Winds gusting around 68 km/h forecast — not a day to be under cliffs.
14° · overcast · 13mm rain · Low tide: 10:28am (3.5 m), 10:58pm (2.8 m) · Wind up to 51 km/h · Waves 1.0 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Winds gusting around 149 km/h forecast — not a day to be under cliffs.
13° · overcast · 7mm rain · Low tide: 11:21am (2.6 m), 11:46pm (2.0 m) · Wind up to 107 km/h · Waves 2.1 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Winds gusting around 68 km/h forecast — not a day to be under cliffs.
16° · drizzle · 7mm rain · Low tide: 12:07pm (1.9 m) · Wind up to 52 km/h · Waves 2.2 m
No safe daylight window
Big tide today (spring tide) — more beach exposed, but it comes back in fast.
Why: Winds gusting around 90 km/h forecast — not a day to be under cliffs.
17° · drizzle · 1mm rain · Low tide: 12:30am (1.4 m), 11:50am (1.4 m) · Wind up to 67 km/h · Waves 1.2 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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