SEVEN MILE/LENNOX HEAD Beach is patrolled and has green covid status

NSW Ballina Lennox Head Directions
Weather Forecast
26.20°C
Current Temperature
17.00km/h
Wind speed
25.94°C
Water Temperature
0.75m
Swell
0.66m
Tide
11/11
UV
Seven Mile Beach (NSW 21) is in fact only 8.5 km long (5.3 mile) and while it is suffering some erosion at the southern end, it has certainly not lost 2 miles since its naming. This is an interesting beach that begins at the rain forest covered Jews Head and runs south backed by the 2 km wide undeveloped Newrybo Swamp and freshwater Lake Ainsworth both part of a low Pleistocene barrier system. The southern 2 km is occupied by the growing beachfront town of Lennox Head (Fig. 4.18). Road access is via Broken Head to a rough parking area at northern end and at Lennox Head in the south with its numerous facilities, the Surf Life Saving Club and several parking areas, while the central stretch can only be reached on foot. Of added interest is the old lakebed, which lies off Lennox Head as an expanse of dark Pleistocene coffeerock, which controls the southern surf breaks. The gently sloping beach consists of fine sand, which with the energetic waves produces a rip-dominated double bar system. Lennox Head is known for its panaromic views, its world-class point break and to many youth, for the Lake Ainsworth Sport and Recreation camp and the annual Gromfest surfing contest. The Lennox Head Surf Club, formed in 1950, is located adjacent to Lakes Ainsworth, north of the coffeerock, where the beach widens and the surf increases and the lifesavers perform an average of 11 rescues a year. The surf club itself is built on skids, so it can be towed inland, if and when the beach erodes. Threat of erosion in the township resulted in the building of a seawall in the 1990s, the wall now impinging on the beach.
Beach Length: 8.5km

Patrolled Beach Flag Patrols

Sun
29 Dec
Mon
23 Dec
Tue
24 Dec
Wed
25 Dec
Thu
26 Dec
Fri
27 Dec
Sat
28 Dec
Lennox Head - Alstonville SLSC
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09:00 -17:00
09:00 -17:00
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09:00 -17:00
09:00 -17:00
Lennox Head (Lifeguards)
09:00 -18:00
09:00 -18:00
09:00 -18:00
09:00 -18:00
09:00 -18:00
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Information

Formal parking area
Formal parking area
Public phone
Park
Drinking water
BBQ
Toilets Block M/F
Picnic
Change Rooms
Shade
Showers
Shelters
Kiosk
Playground
Shops
Bus

Regulations

Hazards

Topographic rips

Weather

SLSA provides this information as a guide only. Surf conditions are variable and therefore this information should not be relied upon as a substitute for observation of local conditions and an understanding of your abilities in the surf. SLSA reminds you to always swim between the red and yellow flags and never swim at unpatrolled beaches. SLSA takes all care and responsibility for any translation but it cannot guarantee that all translations will be accurate.