Five Mile Rocks (south)

SA Wattle Range Beachport Directions

Weather Forecast

13.80°C

Current Temperature

19.00km/h

Wind speed

15.42°C

Water Temperature

4.21m

Swell

1.23m

Tide

2/11

Five Mile Rock is the most prominent headland along this section, reaching a height of over 20 m, and capped by active clifftop dunes. The southern beach (87) is relatively high energy and sweeps for 1 km south of the rocks, with scattered reefs lying 300 to 400 m offshore. Sufficient wave energy reaches the wide low gradient beach to maintain two beach rips as well a permanent rips against the rocks-reef at either end. This is a hazardous beach, with a memorial on the southern headland to a youth who drown in a rip at the beach.

Beach Length: 1km

General Hazard Rating: 7/10

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

Formal parking area

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.