Ben Island (W 1)

WA Esperance Howick Directions

Weather Forecast

19.30°C

Current Temperature

19.00km/h

Wind speed

19.34°C

Water Temperature

2.54m

Swell

1.13m

Tide

12/11

Beach WA 98 is a curving, south-facing, 1.5 km long beach, bounded by a low granite headland and rock reefs in the east, and a domed granite headland that protrudes 500 m south, to the west. The beach receive moderate waves averaging about 1.5 m in the centre where they maintain a few beach rips, with lowers waves and a continuous bar to either end. It is backed by a well developed scarped foredune, then a series of well vegetated parabolic dunes extending up to 1 km to the northeast. A vehicle track from the Alexander Bay access road reaches the western end of the beach.

Beach Length: 1.5km

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. Click here to visit general surf education information.

Information

Regulations

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.