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Wreck Beach

Shire of Corangamite, Victoria, Australia

No photo of Wreck Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.

Today at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to 7 pm, sunset 7:53 pm
7 am
3.7
35 km/h22 mph wind, Poor
8 am
4.3
35 km/h22 mph wind, Fair
9 am
4.9
35 km/h22 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.9
39 km/h24 mph wind, Fair
11 am
3.8
37 km/h23 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
3.4
35 km/h22 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
4.3
33 km/h21 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.3
33 km/h20 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
1.4
27 km/h17 mph wind, Poor
Now
2.6
13 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
2.2
9 km/h6 mph wind, Poor
6 pm
2.0
13 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
7 pm
2.2
10 km/h6 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
17°C62°F
Water
16°C61°F
Wind
138 km/hmph WNW
Gusts
3321 km/hmph
Waves
2.7 m9 ft
UV
1 low
Tide
falling
Rain
61%
Sunset
7:53 pm
Today
3.7Poor7 am3522
4.3Fair8 am3522
4.9Fair9 am3522
4.9Fair10 am3924
3.8Poor11 am3723
3.4Poor12 pm3522
4.3Fair1 pm3321
4.3Fair2 pm3320
1.4Poor3 pm2717
2.6PoorNow138
2.2Poor5 pm96
2.0Poor6 pm138
2.2Poor7 pm106
Sat
4.3Fair7 am106
4.7Fair8 am85
3.9Poor9 am53
3.9Poor10 am74
3.6Poor11 am85
3.6Poor12 pm117
3.6Poor1 pm117
3.7Poor2 pm138
3.2Poor3 pm1912
2.6Poor4 pm2415
2.1Poor5 pm2818
1.9Poor6 pm3018
1.7Poor7 pm3018
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 ftNow10 pm4 am10 am4 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.

  • Sun2.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 30 km/h19 mph, rain 100%
  • Mon2.6 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 53%
  • Tue3.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 30 km/h19 mph, rain 66%
  • Wed2.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 33 km/h21 mph, rain 64%
  • Thu5.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 22 km/h13 mph, rain 34%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Wreck Beach

Wreck Beach is a beach in Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia. It has an area of 44,532 square meters and is 1,498 meters long. The nearest airport is Colac Airport, located 66 kilometers away.

From Wikipedia

Wreck Beach is a coastal beach near Moonlight Head on the Great Ocean Road coast of south-western Victoria, Australia. The beach is approximately 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) long and lies below high coastal bluffs west of Cat Reef. It is named after the wreck of the French sailing vessel Marie Gabrielle in 1869. The beach is the site of another wreck, the Fiji, with its anchor also left on the beach.

Source: Wreck Beach (Corangamite Shire) on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport
66 km41 miColac Airport (XCO)

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

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