Pennington Bay is the main surfing beach for Kangaroo Island. It is located midway between the two major settlements of Kingscote and Penneshaw and is readily accessible off the main road that links the towns. A gravel road runs to the calcarenite bluffs above the centre of the beach, where there is a car park with steps leading down to the main swimming and surfing area (Fig. 5.13). There are no other facilities. Figure 5.13\tPennington Bay is the most popular surfing beach on Kangaroo Island, however be wary if swimming as strong rips persist. The beach faces almost due south. It is 1.3 km long and bordered by prominent, 30 to 60 m high calcarenite headlands, with western Point Reynolds extending 3 km seaward. In addition, 20 m high calcarenite bluffs, with fronting rock platforms and reefs, divide the beach into four sections (Fig. 5.14). Figure 5.14\tPennington Bay is bounded and cut by calcarenite cliffs and reefs into four beach sections. Both permanent and beach rips cut the inner bar and the continuous outer bar. The easternmost section (KI-69) is 200 m long and has a narrow high tide beach, fronted by a rock platform. The waves break on a bar seaward of the platform, before finally closing out on the rocks. read more

Beach Length: 0.2km