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Rosebud Life Saving Club is located 2 km east of the Rosebud Pier. It is readily accessible off Marine Parade and has a car park near the beach and lifesaving club. The club was founded in 1962. The entire 9 km long Rosebud Beach is backed by... Read more

Rosebud Life Saving Club is located 2 km east of the Rosebud Pier. It is readily accessible off Marine Parade and has a car park near the beach and lifesaving club. The club was founded in 1962. The entire 9 km long Rosebud Beach is backed by a 100 m wide foreshore reserve. The reserve contains numerous facilities including the 300 m long Rosebud Jetty, a boat ramp, swimming pool and camping area. The beach faces north-west, exposing it to westerly winds and waves, making it more suitable under easterly or calm conditions. The beach is 10 to 20 m wide, with a moderate slope to the shoreline. Irregular, shallow sand flats extend for up to 1 km off the beach.Periodic wind waves have built a highly rhythmic beach, fronted by a 60 m wide inner bar. The bar attaches on the beach protrusions, with usually deeper rip holes and troughs in the embayments. Currents are only present when waves are breaking on the bar. Periods of higher waves will change the bar and rip configuration. Seaward of the shallow inner bar is a 1 km wide, deeper sand flat, that only drops off into deeper bay water at its outer edge. Depth on this bar depends on the tide height.Movement of the shoreline protrusions, and subsequent beach erosion, has caused the council to respond by building a series of wooden groynes across the beach and onto the inner bar. There is also a low seawall along the car park and in front of the lifesaving club.

Swimming

A safe beach under low waves and calm conditions, apart from the change in water depth associated with the shoreline protrusions. Keep a watch on young children, particularly at high tide. Waves greater than 0.5 m will generate currents in the rip holes and gutters.

Surfing

None.

Fishing

The jetty is the most popular location, with little activity off the beach.

General

The only patrolled section of the long Rye-Rosebud-Dromana beach. It is usually not as crowded as the popular pier section.

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Rosebud and McCrae LSC

Information

About

Rosebud, VIC 3939

Includes beaches:
Rye - Safety, Rye, Dromana, Safety

Length:
9km

General Beach Hazard Rating:
1/10 (Least hazardous)

Beach Key:
 vicP017B

Nearby beaches

Rye
Rye
4.66km
Dromana
Dromana Patrolled
5.43km
Safety
Safety
8.75km

Hazards

  • Sharks
    Sharks
  • Shallow Water
    Shallow Water
  • Shallow Sandbars
    Shallow Sandbars
  • Winds
    Winds

Information Symbols

  • Formal parking area
  • Toilets
  • Showers
  • Shops
  • Public phone
  • Park
  • BBQ
  • Picnic
  • Playground
  • Camping
  • Cafe
  • Bike path
  • Natural shade
  • Power supply
  • Mobile Phone Coverage
  • Bus
  • Boat ramp

Regulation Symbols

  • Bicycles Allowed
  • No Naked Flames
  • No Model Planes
  • No Littering
  • Picking Plants Prohibited
  • Dog Litter Must be Picked Up
  • No Alcohol
  • No Cats or Dogs
  • No Firearms

    Weather

    Tuesday 25, Sep 2:02 am

    Day 14°    Night 5°
    10°C
    Cloudy

    Water Temperature  12°C

    Swell

    Wind

    Wind: Variable about 10 knots. Afternoon inshore seabreezes around 10 knots.
    Swell: Southwesterly below 1 metre.
    Seas: breezes around 10 knots.
    Weather: Cloudy.

    Tide

    2 am
    0.80m     		8 am
    0.40m     		3 pm
    0.84m     		9 pm
    0.47m

    UV

    Index: 5 (Moderate)

    Sun protection recommended from 9:30 am to 2:40 pm

    Radar

    128 km

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    Weather

    Wednesday 26, Sep

    Day 18°    Night 5°
    Mostly sunny

    Swell

    Wind

    Wind: Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the day.
    Swell: Southeast to southwesterly below 1 metre.
    Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
    Weather: Partly cloudy.

    Tide

    3 am
    0.83m     		9 am
    0.41m     		3 pm
    0.86m     		9 pm
    0.43m

    UV

    Index: 5 (Moderate)

    Sun protection recommended from 9:40 am to 2:40 pm

    Weather

    Tue 25, Sep to Tue 02, Oct

    Swell

    Wind

    Wind: Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots shifting west to southwesterly during the afternoon.
    Swell: East to northeasterly around 1 metre.
    Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres in the west.
    Weather: Partly cloudy.

    Tide

    UV

    Tue 25th 4 (Moderate) Sun protection recommended from 9:50 am to 2:20 pm
    Wed 26th 5 (Moderate) Sun protection recommended from 9:40 am to 2:40 pm
    Thu 27th 5 (Moderate) Sun protection recommended from 9:30 am to 2:50 pm
    Fri 28th 5 (Moderate) Sun protection recommended from 9:30 am to 2:40 pm

    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.

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