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The bay beach receives waves averaging less than a metre in the east which maintain a steep cusped beach. The waves gradually decrease to the west, permitting the seagrass to grow to the shore, finally widening […]

Dog friendly Butlers Beach is the main beach in the area. It consists of a main 600 m long beach, and a 230 m long western section located past some rocks that protrude across the beach. The main car park is above […]

Meteor Bay is a curving 200 m long beach, backed by 30 m high sloping bluffs, partly covered in sand, together with rocks and reefs along and off the beach. Access is via the sandy bluffs.

Dogs are welcome off […]

Dog friendly Sturt Bay beach usually receives waves averaging 0.5 m which maintain a low energy steep beach fronted by a narrow bar and low surf. There are three lower energy sections in the east in lee of the […]

Port Moorowie is a small settlement with a scattering of houses spread along 2 km of low bluffs in the western corner of Waterloo Bay, called McLeod harbour. The protected section of the bay has a shallow seagrass […]

Kemp Bay is an open southwest facing bay located within the larger Waterloo Bay. It is bordered in the east by the Clan Ranald anchor and the west by 500 m of 40 m high cliffs. Between the two are two similar […]

7 km long south to southeast facing Sheoak Beach is a fantastic long stretch of soft sand to play with your dog. Despite is orientation the narrow high tide beach is protected by and flats then extensive seagrass […]

Between Sultana and Wattle points is a 2 km long southeast facing dog friendly beach, largely protected by the 5 km wide Tourbridge Shoals. The beach is sandy, narrow and steep, with 50 to 100 m wide sand flats, […]

Edithburgh is a small well laid out town sitting on 10 m high bluffs that look east out over the southern gulf. Most of the foreshore consists of crenulate, crumbling rocky bluffs, backed the a continuous grassy […]

When the tide goes out, you and your pooch can walk for miles fossicking for small crabs, shells and marine life that can only be found on Yorke Peninsula. The beach is ideal for swimming and fishing, as well as […]

The main beach is a 700 m long sandy beach, with the 300 m long jetty located toward the southern end. The jetty was built to service the lime kilns whose remains back the jetty. A large car park adjoins the […]

The main beach runs for 1.2 km from the boat ramp wall to the tip of the foreland at sandy Oyster Point. It is backed by a shady reserve and the main street, with a caravan park on the point. The beach is usually […]

The 1.9 km long dog friendly beach faces northeast and is sheltered by Surveyor Point. Consequently the jetty, boat ramp and boat moorings are located here and conditions are usually calm. The northern sand flats […]

The main beach runs for 1.8 km from the foreland through to a second curving foreland that terminates at the base of the 20 m high Dowcer Bluff. The Sheoak Flat settlement occupies 200 m of the central flats, […]

The main beach at Port Julia is 1 km long, with the central 100 m long jetty backed by a wooden seawall, and the shacks to the south. A larger freehold settlement sits on the backing bluffs. The beach is 10 m wide […]

The northern beach curves round for 4.3 km from Rocky Point to the Black Point. It is a continuous low energy sandy beach with seagrass growing almost to the shore. The beach is initially backed by sloping grassy […]

The two Pine Point beaches total 2 km in length, joined at the protruding sandy foreland. The backing sand flats are covered by the shacks, with a narrow foreshore reserve between the shacks and the beach. The […]

On the southern side of Rouges Point is a 1 km long southeast facing dog friendly beach, which extends down to the 10 m high bluffs at the base of Mennie Hill. There is a large sealed car park and beach boat ramp […]

Dogs are welcome off leash at any time on Ardrossan Beach.

Ardrossan is an interesting old town with excellent facilities for visitors and those interested in fishing the jetty or gulf. The town straddles a small […]

This dog friendly beach receives occasionally low wind waves which maintain the 300 m wide intertidal sand flats, and the narrow shelly high tide beach.