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Kangaroo Head, Penneshaw

Sa 5222

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UNPATROLLED BEACH

Beach number: saKI045
State/Region: SA - Penneshaw
Beach name: Kangaroo Head
General Beach Hazard Rating: 5
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

Kangaroo Head is a 50 m high, sloping sandstone headland that forms the eastern entrance to Eastern Cove. Rocky coast extends south of the head for 4 km to American Beach and east for 2 km to Penneshaw. In amongst the rocks are two small beaches. To the south is 40 m long Congony Beach (KI-44), a pocket of high tide sand fronted by a low tide boulder beach, with a patch of sand offshore. A vehicle track leads to a solitary fishing shack at the beach, which is surrounded by sloping farm land. One kilometre east of the head is a 120 m long high tide sand beach (KI-45) fronted by a 50 m wide intertidal rock platform and deep water. Neither beach is accessible to the public and Kangaroo Head beach in particular is hazardous owing to the rock platform.

 

Swimming

These are five relatively low wave beaches which are better at high tide, owing to the shallow bars and sand flats exposed at low tide. Watch for rocks and rock flats on some of the beaches.

 

Surfing

None.

 

Fishing

Better off the bluffs at high tide.

 

General

American Beach is a small settlement with no facilities other than the boat ramp, and the surrounding beaches.

 

 

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
 
16°
wind
SSE/33 km/h
 
  • Sat
    19°
    N/A
  • Sun
    20°
    15°
  • Mon
    21°
    16°
  • Tue
    24°
    17°
  • Wed
    25°
    19°
  • Thu
    20°
    16°
CAPE WILLOUGHBY (24 km) issued at 21:30 (EST)
Water
20
Issued at Sat, February 11 13:00
Swell Forecast
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
  • AM
  • PM
  • AM
  • PM
  • AM
  • N
    0 m
  • N
    0 m
  • SSE
    0.3 m
  • N
    0 m
  • N
    0 m
5 km from Penneshaw issued at Sat, February 11 17:00 (EST)
Today's Tide
  • High
    6:48
    2.04m
  • Low
    13:07
    0.16m
  • High
    19:15
    1.98m
 
Port Giles issued at Sat, February 11 09:30 (Local Time)
UV Index
11
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.