Bales Beach-Seal Bay (5)

SA Kangaroo Island Seal Bay Directions

Weather Forecast

16.00°C

Current Temperature

28.00km/h

Wind speed

17.43°C

Water Temperature

3.25m

Swell

0.3m

Tide

9/11

Beach KI-100 lies immediately east of Seal Bay beach. It is a 250 m long, southwest facing, exposed beach, bordered and backed by 50 m high cliffs and headlands, the latter extending 100 to 300 m seaward as reefs. In addition, shallow reefs lie along the centre of the beach. Waves average 1.5 to 2 m and maintain a 200 m wide surf zone with permanent rips at either end of the beach.

Beach Length: 0.25km

General Hazard Rating: 10/10

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. Click here to visit general surf education information.

Information

Regulations

Hazards

Topographic rips

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.