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Racecourse South, Ulladulla

Nsw 2539
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UNPATROLLED BEACH

Beach number: nsw475
Includes beaches: Racecourse South
State/Region: NSW - Ulladulla
Beach name: RACECOURSE SOUTH
General Beach Hazard Rating: 6
Least hazardous: 1-3
Moderately hazardous: 4-6
Highly hazardous: 7-8
Extremely hazardous: 9-10
Hazard rating refers to physical beach and surf conditions ONLY and does not include potentially dangerous marine life.
Beach

Racecourse Beach (NSW 474) lies immediately to the south and is a 530 m long southeast-facing beach bordered by rock platforms, which narrow the open beach to 400 m. The rock platforms control the 100 m wide surf zone with two permanent rips usually draining out at either end. It is backed by a narrow low foredune, then 20 m high vegetated bluffs and blufftop houses. The rock platform and a 50 m wide rock gutter separate it from the southern beach (NSW 475) which trends to the southwest for 380 m as a strip of high tide sand that narrows to the south and is fronted by 50 m wide rock flats. Access to the water is only possible in gully at the northern end. Rennie and Racecourse beaches have a car park on the bluffs above the north end with steps down to the beach. A clifftop walk runs along the top of the southern beach to a car park on the bluffs above the southern end.

 

Swimming

These are four hazardous rip and rock-dominated beaches unsuitable for safe swimming.

 

Surfing

In big seas the Ulladulla bombora out off Warden Head produces a very big steep right, which is best left to the experienced surfers. The reef off Rennies produces both left and right hand breaks, holding up to 2 m. Racecourse is well known and frequented for its often good beach and reef breaks on the main beach.

 

Fishing

Warden Head with its wide rock platforms and deep gutters is a popular, if hazardous, location, while each of the beaches offers both rock and beach fishing into the gutters.

 

Carpark

Type: Formal parking area
Spaces: 30

 

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 guarentee that all translations will be accurate.

Weather
Today
 
19°
wind
NNE/9 km/h
 
  • Fri
  • Sat
    22°
    17°
  • Sun
    23°
    16°
  • Mon
    24°
    17°
  • Tue
    23°
    17°
  • Wed
    23°
    16°
ULLADULLA AWS (1 km) issued at 04:30 (EST)
Water
21
Issued at Thu, February 9 13:01
Swell Forecast
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
  • AM
  • PM
  • AM
  • PM
  • AM
  • E
    1 m
  • E
    1.4 m
  • ESE
    1.2 m
  • E
    1.4 m
  • E
    1.2 m
Ulladulla issued at Thu, February 9 17:00 (EST)
 
Today's Tide
  • Low
    4:30
    0.41m
  • High
    10:46
    1.77m
  • Low
    17:15
    0.21m
  • High
    23:28
    1.53m
 
Eden issued at Thu, February 9 10:00 (Local Time)
UV Index
12
No Service Providers for this beach:

There are currently no services provided by Surf Life Saving Australia for this beach. Please take the time to browse the Beach Safety section of this website to learn more about staying safe when swimming at Australian beaches. Click here to visit general beach safety information

No Service:

Beach not patrolled out of season

There are currently no services provided by Surf Life Saving Australia for this beach. Please take the time to browse the Beach Safety section of this website to learn more about staying safe when swimming at Australian beaches.

Click here to visit general beach safety information

 

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 guarentee that all translations will be accurate.