South Melbourne beach
City of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
Today at a glance
Best: 5 pm to 7 pm, sunset 7:44 pm7.3
24 km/h15 mph wind, Great
6.7
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
6.6
25 km/h15 mph wind, Good
6.9
26 km/h16 mph wind, Good
7.8
26 km/h16 mph wind, Great
7.9
25 km/h16 mph wind, Great
8.1
24 km/h15 mph wind, Great
8.2
22 km/h14 mph wind, Great
8.3
20 km/h13 mph wind, Great
7.8
18 km/h11 mph wind, Great
8.0
17 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.5
17 km/h10 mph wind, Great
5.8
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 5 pm to 7 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 30°C85°F
- Water
- 19°C65°F
- Wind
- 1710 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 4528 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.3 m1 ft
- UV
- 4 moderate
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 8%
- Sunset
- 7:44 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 8 pm, 0.3 m1 ft
- Low 2 am, -0.3 m<1 ft
- High 9 am, 0.5 m1 ft
- Low 3 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- LifeguardStation 40 m140 ft awayOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
- Restrooms50 m150 ft away
- Showers450 m0.3 mi away
- Drinking water130 m440 ft away
- Parking9 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 180 m580 ft. Fee not listed
- Food and drink46 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Picnic tables50 m160 ft away
- Playground190 m610 ft awayPlum Garland Memorial Playground
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 380 m0.2 mi
- Nearest town
- 4 km2.5 miMelbourne (city)
- Nearest airport
- 14 km9 miEssendon Fields Airport (MEB)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Port Melbourne Beach0.9 km0.6 mi north-west away8.0 Great
- Middle Park Beach1.2 km0.7 mi south-east away8.0 Great
- West Beach2.2 km1.3 mi south-east away8.0 Great
- Sandridge Beach2.4 km1.5 mi west away8.0 Great
- St Kilda Beach3.4 km2.1 mi south-east away8.0 Great
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat5.6 GoodBest 7 am to 9 amWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 88%
- Sun2.6 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 100%
- Mon7.0 GreatBest 7 am to 10 amWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 37%
- Tue7.4 GreatBest 7 am to 11 amWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 46%
- Wed7.3 GreatBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 33%
- Thu7.7 GreatBest 1 pm to 8 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 6%