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Oombunghi Beach, Yarrabah

Qld 4871
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UNPATROLLED BEACH

Beach number: qld0738
Includes beaches: Oombunghi Beach
State/Region: QLD - Yarrabah
Beach name: Oombunghi Beach
General Beach Hazard Rating: 3
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

Oombunghi Beach lies 9 km south of the Yarrabah settlement and is connected to it by a gravel road. The road reaches the southern end of the beach and runs on along the coast to the southern two beaches. There are scattered houses and shacks along the road and on all three beaches. There is also a vehicle track to the northern end, and a few houses.

Oombunghi Beach (738) is 4.5 km long and faces south-east, into the Trades, and is bordered by Deception Point to the north and lower rocks to the south. The beach has a moderately steep high tide beach, owing to the medium to coarse sand, fronted by a continuous bar 50 to 100 m wide. Waves surge up the beach at high tide and break across the bar at mid to low tide. There is a small creek draining across the beach toward its southern end, with several beachfront houses between the creek mouth and the southern boundary rocks.

 

Swimming

All three beaches are used by the locals for swimming and fishing. The main beach has deep water off the beach at high tide and surf at mid to low tide, while the two southern beaches have lower surf breaking across the low beach and bar.

 

Surfing

Waves up to 1m high break across the bars during the Trades.

 

Fishing

Best at high tide and off the many rocks that border these beaches.

 

General

Three relatively natural tropical beaches that provide beachfront living and surf for the Yarrabah community.

 

 

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
23°
wind
SW/
 
  • Sun
    32°
    23°
  • Mon
    34°
    24°
  • Tue
    34°
    25°
  • Wed
    32°
    25°
  • Thu
    33°
    25°
  • Fri
    32°
    24°
CAIRNS AP (21 km) issued at 04:30 (EST)
Water
29
Issued at Sat, February 4 13:01
Swell Forecast
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
  • AM
  • PM
  • AM
  • PM
  • AM
  • ESE
    0.7 m
  • ESE
    0.8 m
  • ESE
    0.8 m
  • ESE
    0.8 m
  • ESE
    0.8 m
4 km from Yarrabah issued at Sat, February 4 17:00 (EST)
 
Today's Tide
  • Low
    2:23
    0.72m
  • High
    9:06
    2.87m
  • Low
    15:02
    1.23m
  • High
    20:42
    2.29m
 
issued at Sat, February 4 10:00 (Local Time)
UV Index
16
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.