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beaches
Beach
Ocean Beach
Location
Denmark
Surf Club
Denmark SLSC
Telephone
08 9848 1680
Website
beach info |
Ocean Beach is the surfing beach for the town of Denmark and site of the Denmark Surf Life Saving Club. The town is located 5 km north of the beach on the banks of the Denmark Inlet, which flows into Wilson Inlet. The inlet in turn flows into the sea at Ocean Beach and its usually closed mouth forms the northern boundary of the beach. The southern boundary is the 100 m high Wilson Head. A sealed road from Denmark runs along the western shore of the inlet right to the beach, with two car parks on the bluffs at the southern end above the surf lifesaving club. A caravan park is located 500 m to the west just inside the inlet. The beach is about 500 m long, the length depending on the state of the inlet entrance. It faces east and receives moderate protection from the dominant southwesterly waves. It is backed by moderately steep, vegetated slopes rising to 20-30 m, with the surf lifesaving club perched on the slopes and the car park to the rear. Waves average over 1 m in front of the surf club, but rapidly increase in height toward the inlet. The waves are sufficient to maintain a 100 m wide usually attached bar, with a permanent rip against the southern rocks. The bar detaches from the beach and the rips increase in size and intensity east of the inlet. When the inlet is open strong tidal currents usually flow just off and sometimes along the beach, so be careful as a double tragedy in the southern rip led to the formation of the surf club in 1958. General Beach Hazard Rating: 9 - Extremely hazardous.
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| Information courtesy of the Bureau of Meteorology |
swimming
This is a potentially hazardous beach, with the least hazardous swimming on the inner portion of the bar in front of the surf club. Be very careful if waves exceed 1 m, as strong rips are generated, including in the southern corner against Wilson Head. Do not swim near the inlet, particularly if it is open. Strong rips prevail from the inlet east.
surfing
Ocean Beach is a popular surfing spot with beach breaks right along the beach and east past the inlet.