Weather Forecast
19.30°C
Current Temperature
24.00km/h
Wind speed
21.21°C
Water Temperature
1.51m
Swell
0.59m
Tide
Salmon Bay beach (RI 28) is the longest beach on the south coast. It faces southwest and curves for 1.1 km between calcarenite bluffs. It consists of a moderately steep white sand reflective beach fringed with a 30 m strip of sandy seafloor, with seagrass meadows and patchy reef extending well into the bay, thereby reducing waves at the shore to less than 1 m. The western 100 m are fronted by a 50-100 m wide platform. Well vegetated foredune backs the beach and the island road runs along the rear providing good access to this popular swimming beach.
Beach Length: 1.1km
General Hazard Rating:
3/10
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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Hazards
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.
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