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Today at Yaverland, Isle of Wight
Quiet dayWhy: Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
Safe window: 9:21am – 12:21pm
Leave the beach by 12:21pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
13° · overcast · 5mm rain · Low tide: 11:21am (2.0 m) · Wind up to 21 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 10:46am – 1:46pm
Leave the beach by 1:46pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
14° · drizzle · 14mm rain · Low tide: 12:09am (1.7 m), 12:46pm (2.0 m) · Wind up to 22 km/h · Waves 0.8 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Winds gusting around 77 km/h forecast — not a day to be under cliffs.
14° · drizzle · 9mm rain · Low tide: 1:32am (1.7 m), 2:05pm (1.9 m) · Wind up to 45 km/h · Waves 1.9 m
Safe window: 1:03pm – 4:03pm
Leave the beach by 4:03pm — 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 mid-afternoon, though it is not an especially big one.
14° · overcast · 16mm rain · Low tide: 2:38am (1.5 m), 3:03pm (1.7 m) · Wind up to 36 km/h · Waves 1.5 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Winds gusting around 98 km/h forecast — not a day to be under cliffs.
14° · drizzle · 6mm rain · Low tide: 3:29am (1.3 m), 3:49pm (1.5 m) · Wind up to 58 km/h · Waves 1.8 m
Safe window: 2:29pm – 5:29pm
Leave the beach by 5:29pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: A recent southerly 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.
16° · drizzle · 13mm rain · Low tide: 4:12am (1.0 m), 4:29pm (1.2 m) · Wind up to 30 km/h · Waves 1.5 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Winds gusting around 77 km/h forecast — not a day to be under cliffs.
17° · overcast · 4mm rain · Low tide: 3:51am (0.8 m), 4:07pm (1.0 m) · Wind up to 45 km/h · Waves 1.0 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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