Eight Mile Creek

SA Whyalla Mullaquana Directions

Weather Forecast

21.60°C

Current Temperature

15.00km/h

Wind speed

23.13°C

Water Temperature

1.16m

Swell

1.15m

Tide

11/11

Immediately south of Whyalla’s main beach is 5 km of mangrove shore, before the first of the low energy beaches is reached. Beach 597 is a 300 m long section of open sand, located on a 500 m long beach ridge-spit, bordered and backed at either end by small tidal creeks and mangroves, and fronted by 1 km wide sand flats. It’s neighbour Murrippi Beach (598) is 1.2 km long, and is accessible off the Eight Mile Road at its southern end, which is used for launching boats. It is also an official nude bathing beach. The beach is part of a series of beach ridge-recurved spits, backed by wide salt flats and fronted by the sand flats, with fringing mangroves and tidal creeks.

Beach Length: 1.2km

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

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.