Vivonne Bay beach (KI-111) is one of the most popular surfing beaches on the south coast. The small fishing and holiday settlement of Vivonne Bay backs both the beach and western headland shore behind the jetty, together with a store on the South Coast Road 1.5 km to the north. The 5 km long white sand beach begins in the east as a high energy double bar system (Fig. 5.20), before passing the usually closed mouth of the Eleanor River, beyond which wave height decreases, but calcarenite outcrops on the beach and in the surf. At the main beach car park, the surf has a single continuous bar cut by rips every 200 to 300 m. The rips generally disappear at the usually closed Harriet River mouth, as waves decrease to less than 1 m, and a continuous narrow bar continues on to a low bluff, which separates it from the jetty beach. There is access to the beach from the main car park and from the western side of the Harriet River, where there is also a camping area with basic facilities. read more

Beach Length: 5km