[joachim]

Just wondering if such a tripod exists as I'm about to describe.

 

I'm planning on going to a wildlife shoot (seals) on a beech. I will need to get low down to get to their level and am thinking of using a tripod to do so. I think I will need to get pretty low, perhaps as low as 30cm while remaining height adjustment possibility. It will still need to take some weight, say up to 4kg stably, but will settle for 2kg. As stable as sand will allow anyway. Place is somewhat remote so needs to be as light as possible. I might already be taking a 3kg lens but that is undecided until I go there. Obviously the tripod should be sand tolerant. I'm not sure a monopod would cut it.

 

One other possibility is I might bypass all that, just get waterproofs and just get down and dirty handholding. Still I'd like to consider the options.

I have a Manfrotto 190 about 15 years old.  That gets pretty low, is light weight and sturdy.  You should look into their current offerings.  When I bought it, it wasn't terribly expensive either. 

 

How long a lens you need to support?