Weather Forecast
20.10°C
Current Temperature
11.00km/h
Wind speed
19.98°C
Water Temperature
2.39m
Swell
10/11
UV
Venus Bay is a very open, exposed bay, facing into the south-west winds and waves. The beach is nearly 24 km long and has public access only toward the northern end at the Venus Bay settlement. This is also the site of the Venus Bay Surf Life Saving Club, founded in 1961. High vegetated dunes up to 2 km wide and 50 m high back the beach. Public access and parking are provided at the surf lifesaving club and four other points adjacent to the 5 km long Venus Bay settlement. The beach receives high south-west waves averaging 1.8 m which, with the fine sand, produce a wide, low gradient beach, fronted by a 400 m wide surf zone. This consists of an inner bar cut by strong rips every 350 m, then a deep trough, with an outer bar cut by rips every few hundred metres. Due to its orientation, the beach is very prone to westerly winds that blow out the surf and intensify the currents.
Beach Length: 0.023km

Patrolled Beach Flag Patrols

Sun
09 Feb
Mon
03 Feb
Tue
04 Feb
Wed
05 Feb
Thu
06 Feb
Fri
07 Feb
Sat
08 Feb
Venus Bay SLSC
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13:00 -17:00
10:00 -17:00
Venus Bay (Lifeguards)
10:00 -18:00
10:00 -18:00
10:00 -18:00
10:00 -18:00
10:00 -18:00
10:00 -13:00
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Information

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

Regulations

Hazards

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.