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Wa 279, Fitzgerald River

Wa 6346
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UNPATROLLED BEACH

Beach number: wa0279
Includes beaches: Wa 279
State/Region: WA - Fitzgerald River
Beach name: WA 279
General Beach Hazard Rating: 8
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

Beach WA 279 lies another 1.5 km to the west and is a south-facing 200 m long beach composed of a boulder high tide beach, fronted by a low gradient sandy beach and 150 m wide energetic surf zone. It is wedged in between a steep eastern headland and a lower rocky point, with rips running out along each boundary. It is backed by a vegetated foredune that has partly filled the entrance to the small valley, with a creek bed running along the western side of the valley to the beach.
Twin Bays is on open southeast-facing bay located 2 km east of 440 m high Mid Mount Barren. It occupies the mouth of a steep valley bordered by the mount to the west and 500 m high Thumb Peak, 4 km to the east. A vehicle track runs down the heath-covered valley to reach the rear of the eastern bay beaches. The eastern side of Twin Bays consists of four near continuous beaches (WA 280-283) each separated and partly dominated by fingers of protruding metasedimentary rocks. The beaches are linked by a continuous 150 m wide, high energy, rip-dominated surf zone.

 

 

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
 
15°
wind
ENE/13 km/h
 
  • Fri
  • Sat
    27°
    15°
  • Sun
    32°
    17°
  • Mon
    26°
    19°
  • Tue
    24°
    16°
  • Wed
    25°
    16°
HOPETOUN NORTH (37 km) issued at 03:30 (EST)
Water
21
Issued at Fri, February 10 07:01
Swell Forecast
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
  • PM
  • AM
  • PM
  • AM
  • PM
  • SSW
    0.7 m
  • SSE
    0.8 m
  • S
    0.8 m
  • SE
    1.3 m
  • SSE
    1.3 m
3 km from Fitzgerald River issued at Thu, February 9 23:00 (EST)
Today's Tide
  • High
    0:01
    0.97m
  • Low
    6:50
    0.33m
  • High
    12:49
    0.72m
  • Low
    18:02
    0.48m
 
Albany issued at Thu, February 9 08:00 (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.