Kingscote Jetty (north) Beach is patrolled and has green covid status

SA Kangaroo Island Kingscote Directions
Weather Forecast
26.00°C
Current Temperature
19.00km/h
Wind speed
18.28°C
Water Temperature
0.70m
Swell
0.34m
Tide
8/11
UV
The Kingscote shoreline starts at Beatrice Point 1.5 km north of the town centre. The point area was the site of the first settlement in South Australia, before Adelaide was selected. The beach (KI-6) runs due south for 1 km, first as a sandy spit, then below shaley, 20 m high bluffs. A road runs along the top of the bluffs, providing an excellent view of the beaches and point. The narrow high tide beach is fronted by 150 m wide sand flats. It terminates at a protrusion in the bluffs fronted by a rock groyne, which was the site of a jetty when the basalt bluffs were quarried for road base. On the other side of the groyne, beach KI-7 continues on for 900 m to the Kingscote jetty. This is an irregular, narrow beach, backed by a seawall and also fronted by sand flats. There is a park and picnic area behind the beach, immediately north of the jetty.
Beach Length: 0.9km
General Hazard Rating: 1/10

Patrolled Beach Flag 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. Click here to visit general surf education information.

Information

Formal parking area
Formal parking area
Drinking water
Other facilities
Toilets Block M/F
Seawall
Jetty

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.