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Today at Yaverland, Isle of Wight
Quiet dayWhy: Low tide falls first thing, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
Safe window: 6:54am – 9:54am
Leave the beach by 9:54am — 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.
20° · overcast · Low tide: 8:54am (0.8 m), 9:08pm (1.0 m) · Wind up to 28 km/h · Waves 1.1 m
Safe window: 7:38am – 10:38am
Leave the beach by 10:38am — 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.
22° · overcast · Low tide: 9:38am (1.0 m), 9:57pm (1.2 m) · Wind up to 27 km/h · Waves 1.2 m
Safe window: 8:29am – 11:29am
Leave the beach by 11:29am — 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.
22° · overcast · Low tide: 10:29am (1.3 m), 10:56pm (1.3 m) · Wind up to 32 km/h · Waves 1.3 m
Safe window: 9:33am – 12:33pm
Leave the beach by 12:33pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one.
21° · mostly clear · Low tide: 11:33am (1.5 m) · Wind up to 13 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 10:54am – 1:54pm
Leave the beach by 1:54pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one.
23° · clear · Low tide: 12:11am (1.5 m), 12:54pm (1.7 m) · Wind up to 23 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 12:22pm – 3:22pm
Leave the beach by 3:22pm — 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.
23° · overcast · Low tide: 1:39am (1.5 m), 2:22pm (1.7 m) · Wind up to 23 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 1:36pm – 4:36pm
Leave the beach by 4:36pm — 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.
20° · overcast · 4mm rain · Low tide: 3:03am (1.3 m), 3:36pm (1.5 m) · Wind up to 37 km/h · Waves 2.0 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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