Ponds: There are three areas with ponds/standing water
Sea: at high tide the sea level comes up to
the rocks protecting the cliff base. On 5 Dec 2013, a storm surge (11.1m
recorded at Liverpool) came up to the top of these rocks and eroded the
cliff as well as flushing out floam and plastic bottles.
I have seen a seal close inshore at high water on one occasion.
Fishermen sometimes cast from the rocks on a big (spring) high tide - I
have seen them catch small flat-fish. I have also seen "wild water"
swimmers at high water.
Intrepid swimmers on New Year's Eve 2020
Work underway (July 2017) to repair the ramp.
Waves near high water at the bottom of the slip.
Wrecks driven ashore on 4 Oct 2009.
Since the sea wall on West Kirby promenade was completed in 2023, on a very high tide, the slipway near the Sailing Club will be closed. The West Kirby RNLI inshore lifeboat has thus made provision to use the slip at Cubbin's Green when the Sailing Club slip is closed. Image of training exercise March 2024.
Beach: Below the large rocks protecting the cliff, there is a sandy strip which has lots of shells. Further off-shore from this, there is a flatter and more muddy area with scattered rocks. Be aware that this muddy area can be soft and sticky. At low tide a huge area (mostly muddy) is exposed.
Shells and other marine creatures cast ashore. See
Liverpool Bay Guide.
Shells found on the beach below Cubbins Green:
Pile of shells near the High Water Line
Otter Shell and Common Cockle
Baltic Tellins, one Thin Tellin and Common Mussels
Pod Razor Shell
Razor Shell: Ensis Minor;
Sand Gaper;
Sand Gaper hinge
Barnacle covered Winkles (alive) on rock covered by Gutweed
Other marine life on the beach:
Mermaid's Purse - Ray egg-case (Thornback?)
Whelk egg-case
Lugworm casts close inshore
Seaweed (toothed wrack)
Large Jellyfish (stranded)
A different sort of water: the Wirral Way after snow
