Beaches
Wild & Empty Coast
The best beaches in Port Lincoln
From the turquoise calm of Coffin Bay to the booming Southern Ocean surf at Locks Well, the Eyre Peninsula has some of the most beautiful and least crowded beaches in the country. Expect squeaky white sand, granite headlands and the very real chance you will have the whole bay to yourself.
Few coastlines in Australia rival the Eyre Peninsula for sheer, uncrowded beauty. Hundreds of kilometres of white sand curve between Whyalla and the Great Australian Bight, ranging from glassy, family-safe bays to wild Southern Ocean surf beaches where you may not see another soul.
The sheltered eastern gulf beaches around Tumby Bay and Cowell offer calm, shallow water ideal for swimming and wading, while the rugged west coast near Elliston and Streaky Bay throws up towering cliffs, granite headlands and powerful breaks. Inside Coffin Bay and Lincoln national parks, four-wheel-drive tracks open onto squeaky-white sand and turquoise shallows.
Many beaches double as fishing, surfing and wildlife spots — sea lions haul out, dolphins patrol the shallows and ospreys nest on the cliffs. Pack supplies, check tides and conditions, and remember that remote beaches have no services. Summer brings warm swimming, while autumn and spring deliver calm, clear days perfect for exploring the coast.
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Donington Beach
A sheltered, shallow swimming beach near the tip of Lincoln National Park, with calm clear water and granite headlands.
Fishery Bay
A Southern Surf Stalwart
A long, exposed surf beach near Whalers Way, one of the most consistent and well-loved breaks in the Port Lincoln area.
Fishery Bay Lookout
A clifftop vantage over the wild surf and pale sand of Fishery Bay, south of Port Lincoln.
Greenly Beach
Granite, Swell & Empty Sand
A spectacular west-coast surf beach framed by granite boulders and looking out to Greenly Island, beloved by surfers and photographers.
Lincoln National Park
Headlands, Bays & Memory Cove
A rugged coastal park just south of Port Lincoln, with sheltered swimming bays, dramatic headlands and the protected Memory Cove Wilderness.
Memory Cove
A Wilderness Named in Grief
A pristine white-sand cove in a strictly protected wilderness area, named by Matthew Flinders for the crew he lost here in 1802.
September Beach
A popular family camping and swimming beach in Lincoln National Park, with sheltered water and a campground just behind the dunes.
Sleaford Bay
A long, powerful arc of surf beach south of Port Lincoln, exposed to Southern Ocean swell.
Wanna Dunes
A vast field of white dunes tumbling to a wild surf beach in the south of Lincoln National Park.