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Racecourse Bay, Racecourse Bay

Sa 5291

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UNPATROLLED BEACH

Beach number: sa0005
Includes beaches: Racecourse Bay
State/Region: SA - Racecourse Bay
Beach name: Racecourse Bay
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

Racecourse Bay is a 2 km wide south facing bay bordered by the low Stony and French points. It is fronted by continuous shallow limestone reefs and substrate which both lower waves, and at low tide are exposed as extensive intertidal rock flats, as well as supplying the limestone cobble to build the high tide cobble beach ridges that runs the length of the crenulate bay shoreline. Creek Road parallels the back of the beaches with unsealed access points and informal car parking at each beach, and a larger car park on the western side of French Point.

The crenulations divide the bay into three beach systems. Immediately west of Stony Point is a 300 m long southwest facing high tide sand beach (4), fronted by a low sandy bar then rock flats and reefs. Immediately west is the 800 m long central section of Racecourse Bay, which has a high tide cobble beach (5) fronted by a narrow strip of sand and rock flats. The western beach (6) runs in a similar fashion for 1.1 km to the cobble ridges of French Point, with rock flats extending 200 m off the point. A cobble-sand beach (7) continues on the western side of the point for another 700 m. The access road just east of the point is used to launch boat across the beach, which are also moored off the beach in lee of the reefs.

 

Swimming

Four relatively protected beaches with waves usually less than 0.5 m and no rips. However beware of the extensive intertidal to submerged rock reefs.

 

Surfing

None on the beaches, but a chance of some waves over the reefs off the points.

 

Fishing

These are shallow beaches with most fishing done from boats over the outer reefs.

 

General

Four undeveloped but easily accessible beaches best suited for a quite picnic and wade.

 

Carpark

Type: Formal parking area
Spaces: 10

 

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
17°
wind
NW/2 km/h
 
  • Sun
    21°
    17°
  • Mon
    22°
    12°
  • Tue
    22°
  • Wed
    22°
    10°
  • Thu
    22°
    10°
  • Fri
    22°
    11°
MT GAMBIER (34 km) issued at 07:30 (EST)
Water
17
Issued at Sun, February 5 07:01
Swell Forecast
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
  • PM
  • AM
  • PM
  • AM
  • PM
  • SW
    1.8 m
  • SW
    1.6 m
  • N
    0 m
  • SW
    2.8 m
  • SW
    3 m
1 km from Racecourse Bay issued at Sat, February 4 23:00 (EST)
 
Today's Tide
No tide data is currently available from the Bureau of Meteorology for this location
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.