Weather Forecast
17.20°C
Current Temperature
0.00km/h
Wind speed
21.73°C
Water Temperature
1.45m
Swell
0.47m
Tide
6/11
UV
Depot Beach and the small freehold settlement of the same name are one of four locations in Murramarang National Park where you can drive to the shore, and in a 4WD along the rear of the shore to a rocky boat launching area. The settlement offers camping and cabins as well as some residential housing, all facing northeast and surrounded by forested slopes running down to the ocean. The 600 m long Depot Beach (NSW 509) initially faces east curving round in lee of Point Upright and Grasshopper Island to face north in the southern corner, with additional protection from waves provided by Grasshopper Island and a second reef. A car park is located behind the north end of the beach and a creek drains across the south end, with a camping area in the south, adjacent to the small housing subdivision. The beach itself is narrow with waves usually surging over a narrow attached bar and up the steep beach cusped face (Fig. 4.366). Fishers drive north of the beach along the rock platform and sand to launch their boats where the gradient is not so steep.
Beach Length: 0.5km
General Hazard Rating: 4/10

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