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🌊 Tidal access — Main sport walls accessed by abseil from top — non-tidal. Beach bouldering is tidal (below mid-tide only).

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🌊 Tidal access — Most sectors non-tidal. Some lower bouldering areas tidal. Abseil or path access.

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🌊 Tidal access — Main cliff starts are tidal. Need 2m+ tidal range for low-level approach (expect wet knees). High-level traverse via cave works at mid-tide or lower (bring headtorch). Rainbow Bridge is non-tidal but needs calm seas.

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🌊 Tidal access — Blackchurch Rock (free-standing fin): ~3 hours either side of low tide only. Be very careful with spring tides/swell — climbers have been cut off. Main Cliff: essentially non-tidal (slightly tidal at far left end).

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🌊 Tidal access — Abseil-in, tidal base. Time carefully — rising tide can cut off access.

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🌊 Tidal access — Walk-in or short abseil to non-tidal platforms.

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🌊 Tidal access — Abseil to non-tidal ledges above the sea.

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🌊 Tidal access — Non-tidal. Short walk from Port Eynon car park.

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🌊 Tidal access — Most lines require abseil approach to a large tidal platform. Easiest escape routes start at E1/5.10. Watch the tide — the platform is large but the sea closes in.

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🌊 Tidal access — Non-tidal for most routes. Zawns at the base can be reached by abseil. Cliff base sits well above the sea.

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🌊 Tidal access — Abseil-in. Non-tidal ledges at most points but base floods at HW springs. Check sea state — southerly swell makes this serious.

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🌊 Tidal access — Abseil-in; base tidal at HW. Easier at mid-to-low tide.

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🌊 Tidal access — Walk-in, non-tidal.

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🌊 Tidal access — Base traverse accessible ~3h either side of high tide. Terrier's Tooth and Bishop's Buttress accessible for longer. Scrambling descent into western end (Pegasus area) remains open at all tides.

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🌊 Tidal access — Walk-in / short scramble. Non-tidal.

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🌊 Tidal access — Abseil access to non-tidal ledges. Main cliff can be cut off in heavy swell — check sea state.

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🌊 Tidal access — Walk-on ledge from top, non-tidal except in big swell. 20-min walk from Langton Matravers.

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🌊 Tidal access — Lewes Castle is non-tidal. King Wall below IS tidal (3-4 hours either side of low water on springs). Huge tidal range — up to 13m on springs.

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🌊 Tidal access — Most of Main Cliff can be traversed into at low tide and/or calm seas. Many routes are tidal — research individual lines. Bring a tide table.

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🌊 Tidal access — Abseil to tidal ledge. Needs low-mid tide and calm seas.

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🌊 Tidal access — Tidal zawn — sea returns to the base of routes. Normal high tide reaches up to Shape-Up; ~2 hr window at the seaward end. Plan around tide times and swell.

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🌊 Tidal access — Non-tidal. Set high above the sea.

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🌊 Tidal access — Abseil or path to non-tidal platform. Some lower bouldering is tidal.

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🌊 Tidal access — Non-tidal. Walk-on access along the seafront path.

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🌊 Tidal access — Most West Face routes are tidal — hanging belay above the high tide line possible if you abseil in. South Face is largely non-tidal and easier to access.

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🌊 Tidal access — Walk-in, non-tidal.

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🌊 Tidal access — Shipwreck Cove/Black Wall: 3 hours either side of low water (~6h climbing). Mermaid Wall: only 2 hours either side of low water. Bring tarp for kit on sand.

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🌊 Tidal access — Most routes start from a non-tidal platform reached by scrambling/abseiling down the west flank. Long routes on the tall left buttress (e.g. Blue Sky VS 4b) need a low spring tide and calm seas.

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🌊 Tidal access — Walk-in / short abseil to non-tidal platform. Some lower routes tidal in swell.

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🌊 Tidal access — Virtually non-tidal. Only the Black Zawn is sea-washed at high water. Easy walk-in from car park.

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🌊 Tidal access — Watch House, Foxhole, Three Sisters are non-tidal. Some bouldering areas are tidal (3 hours around low tide). Park at Southgate NT car park.

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🌊 Tidal access — Mostly non-tidal — high spring tides cut off the base of The Arrow, but climbs up to The Arrow are non-tidal. Platform around Tactician/Deranged is always above the tide but may need a direct abseil.

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🌊 Tidal access — Abseil to non-tidal belay ledge. Generally climbable at any tide.

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🌊 Tidal access — Walk-in from top. Non-tidal.

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🌊 Tidal access — Tidal: base accessible 2.5-3 hours either side of low tide. Spring tides give better windows. Approach across beach from Pennard/Southgate.

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🌊 Tidal access — Abseil to non-tidal ledge at most states. Check sea state in swell.

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