Weather Forecast
21.60°C
Current Temperature
6.00km/h
Wind speed
24.80°C
Water Temperature
0.29m
Swell
3.84m
Tide
8/11
UV
On the southern side of the headland is the longest beach on the island; a curving, east to north-east facing, 5.3 km long sandy beach (F3) that ends at Pearl Ledge, a 100 to 200 m wide intertidal rock ledge. Waves average 0.5 m and there is usually a low surf along the beach. The beach has a moderately steep high tide beach fronted by a continuous, 100 m wide low tide bar, with the rock flats dominating the southern 1 km of the beach. It is backed by a low foredune and then up to 400 m of now largely stable dunes, that in the past have crossed to the western shore of the island. There are also a few holiday shacks on the dunes, toward the northern end of the beach.
Beach Length: 5.3km
General Hazard Rating:
3/10
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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High Tide Range
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.
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