Port Hellick Beach

Port Hellick Beach sits in a sheltered tidal inlet on St Mary’s south coast and the beach at low tide offers a wide expanse of sand and rocks. This is not really a location for sitting on the beach but offers a great natural landscape.

A shingle bar provides a freshwater pool (Higher Moors and Porth Hellick Pool) behind the beach that is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for the ″wide diversity of habitats with several rare and notable plant species″and making this an important stop-off for migrating and wintering birds.

Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Admiral of the Fleet was temporarily buried on the beach after he was washed up here when his ship struck the rocks on 22nd October 1707, with the loss of her entire crew of about 800 men. Sir Cloudesley Shovell’s body, along with the bodies of his two stepsons and that of Captain Edmund Loades, were washed up on Porth Hellick Cove the following day. The body was subsequently exhumed by order of Queen Anne and finally laid to rest in Westminster Abbey on 22nd December 1707. A small memorial marker marks the site where he was washed ashore.

The beach has no facilities.

7 Day Weather Forecast

Today

12.3℃–13.5℃

9.9 m/s (ENE)

Sun, Nov 16

12.1℃–13.5℃

9.6 m/s (ENE)

Mon, Nov 17

10.3℃–11℃

8 m/s (NE)

Tue, Nov 18

9.8℃–10.2℃

2.5 m/s (WNW)

Wed, Nov 19

8.6℃–10.7℃

14.4 m/s (NW)

Thu, Nov 20

7.1℃–8.5℃

13.5 m/s (N)

Fri, Nov 21

8.6℃–9.1℃

6 m/s (N)

Sat, Nov 22

11.3℃–12.5℃

8.5 m/s (W)

Our Isles of Scilly weather forecast is from Yr, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NRK

Port Hellick Beach Tide Times

The closest tide times we have for Port Hellick Beach is at ST. MARY'S 2.27 km (1.41 miles) away. Tides are displayed beneath for 7 days and we list both high and low water times along with the height, helping you to plan the best time to visit Port Hellick Beach.

Saturday 15thUTC

Hi/Lo	Time	Height
High	01:03	4.53m
Low	07:28	1.89m
High	13:25	4.80m
Low	20:01	1.66m

Sunday 16thUTC

Hi/Lo	Time	Height
High	01:55	4.76m
Low	08:19	1.70m
High	14:14	4.98m
Low	20:45	1.51m

Monday 17thUTC

Hi/Lo	Time	Height
High	02:38	4.98m
Low	09:01	1.54m
High	14:56	5.12m
Low	21:22	1.40m

Tuesday 18thUTC

Hi/Lo	Time	Height
High	03:16	5.16m
Low	09:38	1.43m
High	15:33	5.22m
Low	21:56	1.33m

Wednesday 19thUTC

Hi/Lo	Time	Height
High	03:51	5.29m
Low	10:12	1.35m
High	16:07	5.28m
Low	22:29	1.30m

Thursday 20thUTC

Hi/Lo	Time	Height
High	04:24	5.38m
Low	10:46	1.31m
High	16:39	5.29m
Low	23:01	1.31m

Friday 21stUTC

Hi/Lo	Time	Height
High	04:56	5.41m
Low	11:19	1.32m
High	17:11	5.26m
Low	23:33	1.36m

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