Cheviot Beach
Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
Today at a glance
Calmest: 7 pm to sunset, sunset 7:46 pm4.7
38 km/h24 mph wind, Fair
5.0
38 km/h24 mph wind, Fair
5.3
39 km/h24 mph wind, Fair
5.6
38 km/h24 mph wind, Good
5.8
37 km/h23 mph wind, Good
5.9
35 km/h22 mph wind, Good
6.3
32 km/h20 mph wind, Good
6.5
28 km/h18 mph wind, Good
6.7
27 km/h17 mph wind, Good
6.2
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good
6.2
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
4.4
14 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
2.1
33 km/h21 mph wind, Poor
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 18°C64°F
- Water
- 17°C62°F
- Wind
- 3321 km/hmph SW
- Gusts
- 5232 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.3 m4 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 72%
- Sunset
- 7:47 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 9 pm, 0.4 m1 ft
- Low 3 am, -0.3 m<1 ft
- High 10 am, 0.5 m2 ft
- Low 3 pm, -0.3 m1 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.
- Sun1.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 40 km/h25 mph, rain 100%
- Mon4.5 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 36 km/h22 mph, rain 49%
- Tue4.8 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 30 km/h19 mph, rain 38%
- Wed5.7 GoodBest 7 am to 10 amWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 22%
- Thu6.1 GoodBest 7 am to 7 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 4%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
About Cheviot Beach
Cheviot Beach is a beach in Victoria, Australia. It is 4187 meters from Portsea Surf Beach and 385 meters from the nearest bus stop. The nearest town is Point Lonsdale, located 6490 meters away.
Cheviot Beach is a beach near Point Nepean in Victoria, Australia. It was named after the SS Cheviot, which broke up and sank nearby with the loss of 35 lives on 20 October 1887.
It was the site of the disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt; on 17 December 1967, Holt went swimming at the beach, disappeared, and was presumed drowned. He was last seen in the ocean and was then dragged under a wave, never to be seen again. His body was never recovered. Point Nepean had long been a restricted area, initially for quarantine and then later for defence purposes; at the time, it was used by the officer training school of the Australian Army, and Holt had reportedly been issued a special pass to use the beach.
Source: Cheviot Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
We do not have facility details for this beach yet.
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 390 m0.2 miCheniot Hill (Harold Holt Memorial) - NP shuttle bus
- Nearest town
- 6.5 km4 miPoint Lonsdale (town)
- Nearest airport
- 35 km22 miAvalon Airport (AVV)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Portsea Surf Beach4.2 km2.6 mi south-east away5.8 Good
- Portsea Back Beach4.3 km2.7 mi south-east away5.8 Good
- Portsea Front Beach4.4 km2.7 mi east away5.8 Good
- Back Beach4.5 km2.8 mi south-east away5.8 Good
- Queenscliff - Pier Beach5.0 km3.1 mi north away4.9 Fair