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Beach

Back Beach

Location

Ocean Drv, Bunbury

Surf Club

City of Bunbury SLSC

Telephone

08 9721 3633

Website

www.bunburyslsc.com.au

Email

Email City of Bunbury SLSC

 
Back Beach

beach info

 

Beach Description

Bunbury is a thriving coastal city of 28,000 people and a major service and holiday centre located 160 km south of Perth. The eastern suburbs of Bunbury front the main surfing beaches of Bunbury and Casuarina Point, which are backed by the Bunbury scenic ocean drive. Along the northern shore are the six harbour beaches of Koombana Bay which are all protected by Casuarina-McKenna points, and have all been heavily modified by harbour construction. Bunbury Beach commences 12 km south of Bunbury city at the Five Mile Brook drains and trends to the north-northwest for 12.5 km to Rocky Point. The northern 4 km is known successively as Mindalong, Hasties Road, Hungry Hollow and finally Ocean Beach. This is the main surfing beach for Bunbury and site of the Bunbury Surf Life Saving Club, which is located just south of Rocky Point. The surf club is one of the oldest in Australia, and the third oldest in Western Australia, having been founded in 1915. The beach is a near continuation of the long stretch of sand that extends north from Busselton. It receives waves averaging 0.5-1 m which usually maintain a 50 m wide low tide terrrace, cut by occasional rips. The beach commences at the Five Mile Brook drains and trends north for 12.5 km with little development, apart from one access road. It is backed by vegetated blowouts and parabolic dunes rising to 30 m and extending up to 1 km inland. This scenic drive provides good parking and access for 3 km south of the surf club. A number of rocky reefs are located along the beach, including each end of the surf club beach section. The surf club is surrounded by a long car park and fronted by a seawall. The beach faces west and receives protection from both Cape Naturaliste 50 km to the southwest and beachrock reefs that lie off the beach. Consequently ocean waves average less than 1 m. These produce a relatively steep beach, often fronted by a low tide terrace.

General Beach Hazard Rating: 3 - Least hazardous.

Local Cafes and Takeaways

NameAddressPhone
* Feedingwell CafeThe Parks Centre Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 9944
* Aroma CafeBunbury Centrepoint Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9792 4150
* Rex Cafe58b Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 4615
* Caffeina'sShop 41-42 Bunbury Forum Shopping Centre Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 3550
* Natural Temptation CafeShop 3 Centrepoint Shopping Cntr Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 2559
* Cafe 140140 Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 2254
* Matilda's Coffee ShopShop 4 Minninup Forum Bunbury WA 6230 (08) 9795 7804
* Birdcage Coffee LoungeBunbury Forum Shopping Centre Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 7354
* Walkabout Cafe66 Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 6922
* Janny's Cafe22 Stephen St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 8990
* Beach Road Fish & Chips64 Beach Rd Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 5412
* Spanky's CafeShp1/ Loretta Ave Gelorup WA 6230(08) 9795 4162
* Drooley's Pizza Lounge70 Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 3417
* Cremeria Del Corso30 Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 9880
* Amorish Food BarUnit 4/7- 9 Sandridge Rd Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 4033
* Poco Loco CafeShop 10 Bunbury Centrepoint Shopping Centre Bunbury WA 6230 (08) 9791 2889
* Cafe KoombanaShp6/ 137 Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 6415
* Natural Temptation CafeShop 3, Bunbury Centre Point Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 2559
* Bunbury Noodle HouseShp1/ 33 Clifton St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 7638
* Mangrove River CafeLeschnault Quays Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 4030
* Benesse CoffeeU4/ 83 Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 4030
* Wollaston Fish & Chip ShopWollaston Shopping Ctr/ East Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 3780

Local Restaurants

NameAddressPhone
* Nicola's Ristorante30 Victoria St, Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 3926
* Cosenza'sUnit 5, 10 Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 3866
* Josephine's Restaurant25 Symmons St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 5522
* Casellas Wine Tapas GrillShop 19/ Silos Waterfront St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 6075
* Mash Brewery Bunbury Pty LtdU2/ 11 Bonnefoi Blv Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 6111
* White Elephant Thai Restaurant38 Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230 (08) 9721 6522
* Hungry Hollow Tavern & Brassiere135 Ocean Drv Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 5577
* Louisa's Restaurant & Cafe15 Clifton St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 9959
* Aristos Waterfront15 Bonnefoi Blv Bunbury WA 6230 (08) 9791 6477
* SearsCafe52 Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 7933
* Ex-Tensions Cafe RestaurantOcean Drv Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 2141
* Kokoro Japanese Take Away & Dining42B Spencer St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 4474
* Noodlers Noodle Sushi Restaurant South BunburyShp 33/ 1 Brittain Rd Carey Park WA 6230(08) 9791 8877
* Ebisu SushiU4/ 8 George St Bunbury WA 62300402 148 330
* Just One Thai Restaurant109A Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 1205
* China City Garden Restaurant47 Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 1711
* Mojo's Restaurant & CafeGrand Cinema Complex, Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9792 5900
* Hungry Jacks Pty LtdSandridge Rd Sandridge Park WA 6230(08) 9721 6454
* Barons Restaurant20 Symmons St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 9966
* Marlston Chinese Restaurant10 Ommanney St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 8788
* Simply Thai33 Victoria St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 9901
* Green Jade Asian RestaurantParks Centre Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 8881
* L'Amour De La Femme Restaurant18 Wittenoom St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 5504
* Alexander Atrium Restaurant20 Symmons St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 9966
* Everyday Chinese Takeaway186 Spencer St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9721 6060
* San Hai Chinese TakeawayShop 11, 22 Stephen St Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9791 8576
* Epicure Training RestaurantRobertson Drv Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9780 7363
* Kinkella's Restaurant & Function CentreCnr Bussell Hwy & Brittain Rd Bunbury WA 6230(08) 9792 4677


beach forecast

 

Max temp: 21. artly cloudy.

current conditions

Last updated: 11/04/2012 11:02am

TEMP (C) 25.4°C
WIND DIR N
WIND SPEED 13 knots
WIND SPEED (GUST) 18 knots
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE 1022.3
RAIN (to 9am) 0 mm
HUMIDITY 35%
SATELLITE IMAGE
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Information courtesy of the
Bureau of Meteorology

swimming

Bunbury beach is popular swimming beach and is relatively safe under normal conditions. The beach is usually free of rips; permanent rips are located adjacent to the rocky sections.

surfing

Ocean Beach is the main surfing beach for Bunbury and is the location of Bunbury SLSC.