Weather Forecast
32.80°C
Current Temperature
13.00km/h
Wind speed
27.36°C
Water Temperature
0.18m
Swell
2.21m
Tide
Beach Q 38 commences at 300 m wide Van Diemen Inlet and trends northeast for 18.5 km, past Top Dam stockyard, to 4 km south of Duck Creek, where beach Q 39 has been building southward along the former northern end of the beach. The long beach is part of a low barrier that narrows to a few hundred metres in the centre, widening to either end as 2-3 km wide splays of beach ridges terminating in spits. The beach is fronted by ridged sand flats that also widen towards the creek and narrow to 200 m in the centre. There is vehicle access to the coast at Top Dam. Beach Q 39 is a low 3.8 km long beach ridge that extends from the mouth of Duck Creek southwards to where it overlaps the northern end of beach Q 38. The beach is backed by a meandering mangrove-lined deflected tidal creek, and fronted by migratory sand waves that are moving sediment to the south.
Beach Length: 18.5km
General Hazard Rating:
2/10
Patrols
There are currently no services provided by Surf Life Saving Australia for this beach. Please take the time to browse the Surf Safety section of this website to learn more about staying safe when swimming at Australian beaches.
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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.
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