Weather Forecast
26.40°C
Current Temperature
24.00km/h
Wind speed
27.01°C
Water Temperature
0.31m
Swell
3.96m
Tide
11/11
UV
Emu Park is a small holiday town that has long been a popular tourist destination. Traditionally holidaymakers have come from Rockhampton and surrounding country towns and even today this is still much the case, with the addition of travelling tourists and backpackers. The town is located in lee of low Emu Point, with attractive beaches either side. The two main surfing beaches immediately south of Emu Point were called Ladies and Mens Beaches. The small Ladies Beach still goes by that name, while Mens is better known today as Emu Park and is the site of the surf lifesaving club. Ladies beach (1376) is a 100 m long pocket of sand backed by 20 m high bluffs and bordered by rock platforms. There is a large car park and the Singing Ship Memorial on the bluffs. The beach receives waves averaging 0.5 m that break across a 50 m wide low tide bar; the high tide beach is usually absent, owing to the rocks. While the bluffs and rocks no doubt provided some privacy for the ladies, they also produce one of the more hazardous beaches in the area, particularly when waves are breaking over the rocks.
Beach Length: 0.1km
General Hazard Rating: 3/10

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