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Shell Beach

Yorke Peninsula Council, South Australia, Australia

Shell Beach 1 photo

  • A view of Shell Beach, Dhilba Guuranda-Innes NP

    A view of Shell Beach, Dhilba Guuranda-Innes NP. DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 7:43 pm
7 am
5.3
20 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
8 am
4.0
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
9 am
3.9
18 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
10 am
3.9
17 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
11 am
4.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
5.0
20 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.0
20 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
5.5
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
3 pm
5.7
20 km/h13 mph wind, Good
4 pm
5.4
20 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
5.1
22 km/h14 mph wind, Fair
6 pm
5.7
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
7 pm
5.7
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
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Water
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Wind
— km/hmph
Gusts
— km/hmph
Waves
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UV
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Tide
falling
Rain
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Sunset
7:43 pm
Today
5.3Fair7 am2012
4.0Fair8 am1610
3.9Poor9 am1811
3.9Poor10 am1711
4.5Fair11 am1610
5.0Fair12 pm2012
4.0Fair1 pm2012
5.5Good2 pm2012
5.7Good3 pm2013
5.4Fair4 pm2013
5.1Fair5 pm2214
5.7Good6 pm2113
5.7Good7 pm2012
Sat
4.0Fair6 am148
4.2Fair7 am1710
4.3Fair8 am2213
3.9Poor9 am2314
4.2Fair10 am2214
5.0Fair11 am1811
5.6Good12 pm106
4.9Fair1 pm96
4.1Fair2 pm2516
3.1Poor3 pm2918
2.5Poor4 pm2717
1.2Poor5 pm3421
1.2Poor6 pm2918
1.5Poor7 pm2817
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 6 pm, -0.1 m. High at 1 am, 0.4 m. Low at 7 am, -0.2 m. High at 1 pm, 0.3 mLow 6 pm, -0.1 m<1 ftHigh 1 am, 0.4 m1 ftLow 7 am, -0.2 m<1 ftHigh 1 pm, 0.3 m<1 ftNow11 pm5 am11 am
  • Low 6 pm, -0.1 m<1 ft
  • High 1 am, 0.4 m1 ft
  • Low 7 am, -0.2 m<1 ft
  • High 1 pm, 0.3 m<1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun4.5 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 32 km/h20 mph, rain 67%
  • Mon4.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 37%
  • Tue6.1 GoodBest 6 am to 12 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 16%
  • Wed6.8 GoodBest 6 am to 8 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 4%
  • Thu4.9 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 13%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Restrooms220 m730 ft away
  • Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 280 m930 ft. Fee not listed

Getting there

Nearest airport
71 km44 miYorketown Airport (ORR)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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