Sleaford Bay (2)

SA Lower Eyre Peninsula Lincoln National Park Directions

Weather Forecast

15.80°C

Current Temperature

22.00km/h

Wind speed

17.77°C

Water Temperature

0.62m

Swell

0.14m

Tide

10/11

The main Sleaford Bay beach (818) faces south-southwest and extends for 5.5 km. Apart from a boundary calcarenite reef in the east, it is a continuous sand beach fronted by a 400 m wide surf zone, containing an energetic inner bar cut by rips every 500 m and a high energy outer surf zone with larger rips. It is backed by an unstable foredune area and then massive active dunes extending up to 2 km inland (Figs. 4.135 & 4.136). 4WD tracks lead through the dunes and to the beach. At the western end it terminates at some low calcarenite bluffs which back the beach for 2 km before protruding across the beach to from the boundary with beach 819.

Beach Length: 5.5km

General Hazard Rating: 8/10

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.