Cape Manifold (south 1) Beach is patrolled and has green covid status

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Weather Forecast
26.10°C
Current Temperature
9.00km/h
Wind speed
27.21°C
Water Temperature
0.52m
Swell
3.34m
Tide
13/11
UV
Cape Manifold was named by Captain Cook on 28 May 1770. He noted numerous fires and smoke from aboriginal camps on the mainland. Today the area is uninhabited except during military exercises. The cape is a narrow, 20 to 60 m high, finger-like headland protruding 500 m eastward. An 80 m high island lies 400 m east of the cape. Immediately south of the cape is a 1.6 km long, slightly curving, east facing beach (1348). It receives waves averaging 0.6 m as well as any higher wind waves and swell. These maintain a narrow high tide beach fronted by a 150 m wide, low gradient intertidal to low tide beach, with up to ten rips present at low tide. A second bar with more widely spaced rips is often present further seaward, as well as permanent rips against the headlands. Behind the beach is a well vegetated foredune and then extensive vegetated, long walled parabolic dunes that extend up to 10 km inland.
Beach Length: 1.6km

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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. Click here to visit general surf education information.

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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.