At Castle Cove, the Great Ocean Road reaches the coast for the first time since Mounts Bay. From the roadside car park 30 m above the beach, you can view the surf and the large rip that dominates the spot.
The two beaches face south-west and receive waves averaging over 1.5 m. These interact with the sand and reef to produce one massive rip straight out from below the car park and a second rip to the east, that runs out past the east beach. The main beach consists of 300 m of sand below the steep, vegetated bluffs, while the east beach is a narrow strip of sand backed by the bluffs and fronted by patchy rocks and reef.
Beach Length: 0.1km
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.
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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.