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Princetown Beach

Shire of Corangamite, Victoria, Australia

Princetown Beach 1 photo

  • Princetown Store

    Princetown Store. Mattinbgn ( talk · contribs ), CC BY 3.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 7:53 pm
7 am
4.2
27 km/h17 mph wind, Fair
8 am
4.8
27 km/h17 mph wind, Fair
9 am
5.5
26 km/h16 mph wind, Good
10 am
5.6
29 km/h18 mph wind, Good
11 am
5.1
28 km/h18 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
3.8
27 km/h17 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
4.9
26 km/h16 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.4
26 km/h16 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
1.3
22 km/h14 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
1.7
7 km/h4 mph wind, Poor
Now
2.1
8 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
6 pm
2.0
11 km/h7 mph wind, Poor
7 pm
2.0
8 km/h5 mph wind, Poor

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

Where to stay near the beach

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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
16°C62°F
Wind
85 km/hmph WNW
Gusts
2012 km/hmph
Waves
2.6 m9 ft
UV
1 low
Tide
falling
Rain
98%
Sunset
7:53 pm
Today
4.2Fair7 am2717
4.8Fair8 am2717
5.5Good9 am2616
5.6Good10 am2918
5.1Fair11 am2818
3.8Poor12 pm2717
4.9Fair1 pm2616
4.4Fair2 pm2616
1.3Poor3 pm2214
1.7Poor4 pm74
2.1PoorNow85
2.0Poor6 pm117
2.0Poor7 pm85
Sat
4.7Fair7 am74
5.0Fair8 am64
4.0Fair9 am53
3.8Poor10 am53
3.8Poor11 am53
3.7Poor12 pm106
3.7Poor1 pm117
3.7Poor2 pm138
3.5Poor3 pm148
3.2Poor4 pm1510
2.8Poor5 pm1811
2.3Poor6 pm1912
2.1Poor7 pm1912
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 12 am, 0.2 m. Low at 6 am, <0.1 m. High at 11 am, 0.2 mLow 6 pm, -<0.1 m<1 ftHigh 12 am, 0.2 m<1 ftLow 6 am, <0.1 m<1 ftHigh 11 am, 0.2 m<1 ftNow11 pm5 am11 am5 pm
  • Low 6 pm, -<0.1 m<1 ft
  • High 12 am, 0.2 m<1 ft
  • Low 6 am, <0.1 m<1 ft
  • High 11 am, 0.2 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.

  • Sun2.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 100%
  • Mon3.0 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 61%
  • Tue4.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 22 km/h13 mph, rain 63%
  • Wed3.0 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 59%
  • Thu4.9 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 38%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Princetown Beach

Princetown Beach is a beach located in Victoria, Australia. Rivernook Beach is approximately 1312 meters away from Princetown Beach. The nearest airport is Colac Airport, located 65 kilometers from the beach.

From Wikipedia

Princetown Beach is a beach at the mouth of the Gellibrand River outside of Princetown, on the Great Ocean Road in south-western Victoria, Australia. The beach lies immediately east of Point Ronald and forms the westernmost part of a series of beaches extending for approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) along the coast.

Source: Princetown 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 airport
65 km40 miColac Airport (XCO)

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

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