Weather Forecast
19.00°C
Current Temperature
20.00km/h
Wind speed
18.20°C
Water Temperature
2.82m
Swell
0.28m
Tide
12/11
UV
Gunnamatta Beach is an exposed, high energy beach with a wide, rip dominated surf zone. It is located in the Mornington Peninsula National Park and is part of the 30 km long sandy and rocky coast that extends from Cape Schanck to Point Nepean. The Gunnamatta section is 3 km long, with extensive intertidal calcarenite reefs and rocks forming the boundaries, with some smaller reefs on the beach and in the surf. Truemans Road runs out through the dunes to the beach, where there is a large car park and the surf lifesaving club. The beach faces south-west, exposing it to high westerly winds and waves. The waves average 1.9 m and combine with the medium sand to produce a 150 m wide single bar surf zone. The bar is cut by strong rips every 300 m, together with additional permanent rips next to major reefs and rocks. The rips intensify around low tide. The Gunnamatta Surf Life Saving Club was founded in 1966. This is a very hazardous beach, with an average of 113 rescues a year, second only to its neighbouring Portsea Beach.
Beach Length: 3km
General Hazard Rating: 8/10

Patrolled Beach Flag Patrols

Sun
15 Dec
Mon
09 Dec
Tue
10 Dec
Wed
11 Dec
Thu
12 Dec
Fri
13 Dec
Sat
14 Dec
Gunnamatta SLSC
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13:00 -16:30
10:00 -16:30

Information

Formal parking area
Formal parking area
Public phone
Kiosk
Drinking water
Toilets Block M/F
Train
Bus
Passenger ferry

Regulations

Hazards

Topographic rips
Winds

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.