Check the Beach

Shell Beach

Shire of Shark Bay, Western Australia, Australia

Shell Beach 1 photo

  • Shell Beach

    Shell Beach. Korkut Tas, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 1 pm to 4 pm, sunset 6:35 pm
6 am
7.0
26 km/h16 mph wind, Great
7 am
5.8
26 km/h16 mph wind, Good
8 am
5.3
29 km/h18 mph wind, Fair
9 am
5.9
31 km/h19 mph wind, Good
10 am
5.7
30 km/h18 mph wind, Good
11 am
7.1
27 km/h17 mph wind, Great
12 pm
7.1
30 km/h19 mph wind, Great
Now
7.1
36 km/h22 mph wind, Great
2 pm
7.2
44 km/h27 mph wind, Great
3 pm
7.2
41 km/h26 mph wind, Great
4 pm
7.1
43 km/h27 mph wind, Great
5 pm
6.9
45 km/h28 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.9
45 km/h28 mph wind, Good

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

Where to stay near the beach

Compare hotels and apartments near Shell Beach.

Partner links

Staying a few days? Conditions improve from Sat, so a beachfront room still pays off.

Loads the map from Stay22, our stays partner.

Hotel results come from our stays partner. We may earn a commission when you book, at no extra cost to you, and it never changes the beach score.

Forecast, hour by hour

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

Air
21°C69°F
Water
22°C71°F
Wind
3622 km/hmph SSW
Gusts
4830 km/hmph
Waves
0.7 m2 ft
UV
9 very high
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:35 pm
Today
7.0Great6 am2616
5.8Good7 am2616
5.3Fair8 am2918
5.9Good9 am3119
5.7Good10 am3018
7.1Great11 am2717
7.1Great12 pm3019
7.1GreatNow3622
7.2Great2 pm4427
7.2Great3 pm4126
7.1Great4 pm4327
6.9Good5 pm4528
6.9Good6 pm4528
Sat
5.8Good6 am3623
6.1Good7 am3522
6.1Good8 am3522
6.3Good9 am3723
6.5Good10 am3522
6.8Good11 am3321
6.9Good12 pm3120
7.4Great1 pm3119
7.6Great2 pm3019
7.1Great3 pm3924
6.9Good4 pm4830
6.7Good5 pm4629
6.7Good6 pm4628
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. High at 11 pm, -0.2 m. Low at 7 am, -0.7 mHigh 11 pm, -0.2 m<1 ftLow 7 am, -0.7 m2 ftNow7 pm1 am7 am1 pm
  • High 11 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
  • Low 7 am, -0.7 m2 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.

  • Sun8.8 ExcellentBest 11 am to 3 pmWind up to 45 km/h28 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon8.5 ExcellentBest 10 am to 2 pmWind up to 40 km/h25 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue9.7 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 3 pmWind up to 34 km/h21 mph, rain 2%
  • Wed9.2 ExcellentBest 9 am to 5 pmWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 10%
  • Thu9.4 ExcellentBest 6 am to 7 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 1%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Restrooms460 m0.3 mi away
  • Parking2 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 430 m0.3 mi. Fee not listed

Getting there

Nearest airport
38 km24 miUseless Loop Airstrip (USL)

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