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19.10°C
Current Temperature
43.00km/h
Wind speed
19.42°C
Water Temperature
0.50m
Swell
0.32m
Tide
7/11
UV
Refuge Cove, as the name implies, offers protection and refuge from the ocean. For 200 years, sailors and boaters have used this cove to escape the hazards of Bass Strait and as a safe and attractive anchorage. The entrance to the cove is 400 m wide and opens up inside to reach 1 km across. The cove is surrounded by steep forested slopes, rising to 200 - 300 m. A walking track connects the cove with Sealers Cove to the north and Waterloo Bay to the south. A camping area is located behind the southern beach. The cove houses two sandy beaches; both composed of pure, rounded, yellow quartz grains. The coarse quartz and low waves produce steep beach faces and deep water close to shore. The cove is therefore ideal for boat anchorage. The northern beach faces south-east toward the entrance, while the smaller southern beach faces due north, and is the preferred anchorage. Dense vegetation grows right to the back of the beach, with the camping area located under the trees. A creek cuts through the vegetation and across the eastern end of the beach.
Beach Length: 0.15km
General Hazard Rating: 2/10

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