Weather Forecast
31.10°C
Current Temperature
43.00km/h
Wind speed
19.34°C
Water Temperature
1.59m
Swell
0.33m
Tide
10/11
UV
Windmill Beach (620) is the first higher energy beach, not fronted by sand flats, encountered on the western gulf shore. It faces southeast into the winder gulf and receives higher wind waves during onshore and westerly conditions. These maintain a relatively straight 13 km long beach, usually reflective, with deeper water off the beach then the seagrass meadows, usually within 100 m of the shore. The beach is part of a Holocene barrier that built northward as a series of 15 recurved spits, that narrowed the entrance of Franklin Harbour from 7 to 2 km, then built seaward as a series of 10 beach-foredune ridges, a few hundred meters in width. A vehicle track extends for 9 km along the back of the beach.
Beach Length: 12.8km
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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Information
Formal parking area
Formal parking area
Regulations
Hazards
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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