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Today at Kilve
Quiet dayWhy: Low tide falls mid-afternoon, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
Safe window: 2:31pm – 5:31pm
Leave the beach by 5:31pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-afternoon, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
21° · overcast · 1mm rain · Low tide: 4:31pm (1.6 m) · Wind up to 28 km/h · Waves 0.8 m
Safe window: 3:06pm – 6:06pm
Leave the beach by 6:06pm — 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.
22° · mostly clear · Low tide: 4:53am (1.8 m), 5:06pm (2.1 m) · Wind up to 28 km/h · Waves 0.9 m
Safe window: 5:57am – 6:34am
Leave the beach by 6:34am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls first thing, 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.
20° · overcast · Low tide: 5:34am (2.5 m), 5:54pm (2.9 m) · Wind up to 41 km/h · Waves 1.3 m
Safe window: 5:59am – 7:33am
Leave the beach by 7:33am — 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 first thing, though it is not an especially big one.
19° · mostly clear · Low tide: 6:33am (3.3 m), 7:13pm (3.7 m) · Wind up to 29 km/h · Waves 0.8 m
Safe window: 7:11pm – 8:24pm
Leave the beach by 8:24pm — 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 towards evening, though it is not an especially big one.
22° · clear · Low tide: 8:08am (3.9 m), 9:11pm (3.9 m) · Wind up to 30 km/h · Waves 0.4 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Winds gusting around 61 km/h forecast — not a day to be under cliffs.
19° · mostly clear · Low tide: 9:56am (3.6 m), 10:49pm (3.2 m) · Wind up to 46 km/h · Waves 0.7 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Rough seas with big waves forecast — stay off the beach today.
20° · drizzle · 2mm rain · Low tide: 11:16am (2.8 m), 11:56pm (2.2 m) · Wind up to 49 km/h · Waves 2.6 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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