Dotted across a vast coastline, Australian beaches are the best in the world.
Whether it’s surfing, bodyboarding, swimming, or just relaxing on the beach and spotting native Australian wildlife, there are hundreds of incredible Australian beaches waiting for you.

How to use this guide:
Great for swimming – you should only swim at patrolled beaches
Great for surfing – consider surf lessons if you’re not an experienced surfer
Patrolled beach – Remember, many Australian beaches are only patrolled in the summer months or holiday periods
Dangerous water – while they might be beautiful, these beaches are known for dangerous swimming conditions Entering the water is not recommended.

Warning: If there are no red and yellow flags on an Australian beach, this means there are no lifeguards/lifesavers on duty. The Australian Royal Lifesaving Society advises against swimming at unpatrolled Australian beaches.
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Beaches in New South Wales
The Must See Beaches In NSW
The Full List
Beaches Near Sydney
Bondi Beach (must see)
Coogee Beach (must see)
Manly Beach (must see)
Palm Beach (must see)
Balmoral Beach
Bronte Beach
Camp Cove
Chinamans Beach Sydney
Chowder Bay
Clovelly Beach
Cronulla Beach
Curl Curl Beach
Dee Why Beach
Freshwater Beach
Garie Beach
Long Reef Beach
Narrabeen Beach
Newport Beach
Shark Beach
Shelly Beach (Manly)
Watson Bay
Wanda Beach (Cronulla)
Wattamolla Beach (must see)
Beaches Near Newcastle
Merewether Beach (must see)
Newcastle Beach (must see)
Nobbys Beach (must see)
Bar Beach
Bagnalls Beach
Birubi Beach
Dutchmans Beach
Fingal Bay Beach
Little Beach
Nelson Bay Beach
One Mile Beach
Samurai Beach
Shoal Bay Beach
Stockton Beach
Sunset Beach
Wanda Beach (Port Stephens)
Wreck Beach
Zenith Beach
Beaches on the North Coast – Near Byron Bay
Lennox Head Seven Mile Beach (must see)
Cabarita Beach
Main Beach Byron Bay (must see)
Belongil Beach
Brunswick Heads
Clarkes Beach
Kingscliffe Beach
Wategos Beach
Little Wategos
Beaches on the Mid North Coast – Near Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie
Arrawarra-Corindi Beach (must see)
Lighthouse beach (must see)
Sawtell Main Beach (must see)
Bongil Beach
Darlington Beach
Diggers Beach
Emerald Beach
Flynns Beach
Gallows Beach
Lake Cathie Beach
North Haven Beach
Mullawarra Beach
Mullaway Beach
Nobbys Beach Port Macquarie
Park Beach (must see)
Rainbow Beach
Red Rock Beach
Town Beach
Beaches on the Central Coast – Near Gosford
Avoca Beach (must see)
Killcare Beach
Bateau Bay Beach
Copacabana Beach
Ettalong Beach
Frazer Beach
Lakes Beach
Lobster Beach
MacMasters Beach
North Avoca Beach
Ocean Beach
Shelly Beach
Soldiers Beach
Terrigal Beach
The Entrance Beach
The Entrance North Beach
Toowoon Bay
Umina Beach
Wamberal Beach
Beaches on South Coast – Near Wollongong & Jervis Bay
Blenheim Beach (must see)
Coledale Beach (must see)
Hyams Beach (must see)
Killalea Beach – The Farm (must see)
Murrays Beach
Merimbula Bar Beach
Aislings Beach
Armands Beach
Austinmer Beach (must see)
Avenue Beach
Baragoot Beach
Barmouth Beach
Beares Beach
Bellambi Beach
Beermuna (Boydtown Beach)
Bingie Beach North
Black Beach Kiama
Boat Harbour Beach
Bombo Beach
Bristol Point Beach
Bittangabee Bay
Broulee Beach
Bulli Beach
Bull Pup Beach
Burrill Lake Entrance Beach
Captains Beach
Cave Beach
Cocora Beach
Collingwood Beach
Chinamans Beach Jervis Bay
Coalcliff Beach
Cormorant Beach
Coomee Nulunga Beach
Corrimal Beach
Culburra Surf Beach
Cunjurong Point Beach & Green Island
Cuttagee Beach and Lake
Dalmeny Beach
Dee Beach
Depot Beach
Fairy Meadow Beach
Flat Rock Beach
Gannet Beach
Greenfield Beach
Haywards Beach
Hole in the Wall Beach
Horseshoe Bay Beach
Iluka Beach
Jones Beach Kiama Downs
Kendalls Beach
Kitty Beach
Kioloa Beach
Lighthouse Beach Ballina
Malua Bay Beach
Manyana Beach
Merimbula Main Beach
Meroo Beach
Minnamurra Beach
Mollymook Beach
Murramarang Beach
Narooma Bar Beach South
Narooma Surf Beach
North Beach Bawley Point
North Durras Beach
North Tura Beach
North Wollongong Beach
Nuggan Point Beach
Pambula Beach
Pebbly Beach
Port Kembla Beach
Pretty Beach
Racecourse Beach Ulladulla
Rennies Beach
Richmond Beach
Sandon Point Beach
Scarborough Beach
Scottish Rocks Beach
Seven Mile Beach
Severs Beach
Shark Net Beach
Sharpes Beach
Shellharbour North Beach
Stanwell Park Beach
Steamers Beach
Surf Beach Batemans Bay
Surf Beach Kiama
Tathra Beach
Thirroul Beach
Towradgi Beach
Tuross Main Beach
Warilla Beach
Whiting Beach
Windang Beach
Wollongong City Beach
Woonona Beach
Beaches in Queensland
The Must See Beaches in Queensland
The Full List
Beaches in Southern Queensland (Gold Coast)
Surfers Paradise Beach (must see)
Burleigh Beach (must see)
Rainbow Bay & Snapper Rocks
Balinga Beach
Broadbeach (must see)
Coolangatta Beach
Currumbin Beach
Froggies Beach
Greenmount Beach
Kirra Beach
Main Beach
Mermaid Beach
Narrowneck
Nobby Beach
Tallebudgera Creek
The Spit
Tugan
Beaches in North Queensland (near Cairns and Townsville)
Palm Cove Beach (must see)
Radical Bay – Magnetic Island
Trinity Beach
Bengal Bay
Bushland Beach
Clifton Beach (must see)
Cowley Beach
Dunk Island
Ellis Beach
Etty Bay
Four Mile Beach
Holloways Beach
Kewarra Beach
Mission Beach
Myall Beach
Newell Beach
Nudey Beach
Pallarenda Beach
Punsand Bay Beach
The Strand
Yorkeys Knob Beach
Beaches in Southern Queensland (Sunshine Coast)
Kings Beach – Caloundra (must see)
Mooloolaba Main Beach (must see)
Noosa Main Beach (must see)
Alexandra Headland Beach
Bokarina Beach
Bulcock Beach
Coolum Beach
Castaways Beach – Noosa
Currimundi Beach
Dicky Beach
Discovery Beach
Golden Beach
Kawana Beach
Marcoola Beach
Maroochydore Beach
Moffat Beach
Mooloolaba Spit Beach
Mudjimba Beach
Peregian Beach
Rainbow Beach
Sunshine Beach – Noosa
Wurtulla Beach
Beaches in Central Queensland (near Bundaberg, Rockhampton, and Mackay)
Hydeaway Bay Beach (must see)
Horseshoe Bay (must see)
Whitehaven Beach (must see)
Agnes Water Beach
Airlie Beach
Boathaven Beach
Bucasia Beach
Cannonvale Beach
Dolphin Heads Beach
Eimeo Beach
Emu Park Main Beach
Farnborough Beach
Mackay Harbour Beach
Keppel Sands Main Beach
Lamberts Beach
Boathaven Beach
Sarina Beach
Yeppoon Main Beach
Beaches in Victoria
The Must See Beaches in Victoria
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Beaches on the Mornington Peninsula and Philip Island
Mills Beach, Mornington (must see)
Portsea Surf Beach
Capel Sound Beach
Cowes Beach
Frankston Beach
Gunnamatta Beach
McCrae Beach
Mount Martha Beach
Point Leo Surf Beach
Smiths Beach
Mothers Beach
Rye Front Beach
Sorrento Ocean Beach
Woolamai Surf Beach (must see)
Beaches in the Gippsland Region
Little Waterloo Bay (must see)
Ninety Mile Beach (must see)
Betka Beach
Cape Paterson Bay Beach
Inverloch Surf Beach
Lakes Entrance Main Beach
Norman Beach
Picnic Bay
Quarry Beach
Secret Beach
Shack Bay
Squeaky Beach
Whisky Bay
Beaches near Geelong and the Great Ocean Road
Bells Beach (must see)
Gibson Steps/Twelve Apostles Beach (must see)
Lorne Main Beach (must see)
Loch Ard Gorge Beach (must see)
Torquay Surf Beach (aka Torquay Back Beach) (must see)
Anglesea Main Beach
Apollo Bay Beach
Childers Cove Beach
Cosy Corner Torquay
Fairhaven Beach
Fishermans Beach
Geelong Eastern Beach
Jan Juc Beach
Johanna Beach
Logans Beach
Point Roadknight
Queenscliff Beach
Port Campbell Beach
Southside Beach
Thirteenth Beach
Torquay Front Beach
Urquhart Bluff Beach
Wye River Beach
Beaches near Melbourne
Brighton Beach Melbourne (must see)
Half Moon Bay
Hampton Beach
Sandringham Beach
St. Kilda Beach
Beaches in South Australia
The Must See Beaches in South Australia
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Beaches in Adelaide
Glenelg Beach (must see)
Brighton Beach
Grange Beach
Henley Beach
Largs Beach
North Haven Beach
Seacliff Beach
Semaphore Beach
Somerton Beach
West Beach
Beaches in Encounter Bay and the Fleurieu Peninsula (near Victor Harbor and McLaren Vale)
Horseshoe Bay/Port Elliot Beach (must see)
Port Willunga Beach (must see)
Aldinga Beach
Basham Beach
Blowhole Beach
Boomer Beach
Carrickalinga Beach
Christies Beach
Goolwa Beach
Maslin Beach
Middleton Beach
Moana Beach
Normanville Beach
O’Sullivan Beach
Parsons Beach
Petrel Cove
Port Elliott Beach
Port Noarlunga Beach
Seaford beach
Sellicks Beach
Southport Beach
Waitpinga Beach
Beaches on the Eyre Peninsula (near Port Lincoln and the Great Australian Bight)
Memory Cove (must see)
Talia Caves (must see)
Almonta Beach
Baird Bay
Cactus Beach
Donington Beach
Engine Point Campground Beach
Farm Beach
Fishery Bay
Flat Rock Beach
Greenly Beach and Rockpool
Locks Well Beach
Lucky Bay – Cowell
Perlubie Beach
Sceale Bay
Shelly Beach
Sleaford Beach
St. Mary Bay
Streaky Bay
The Granites
Walkers Rocks
Whyalla Foreshore Beach
Beaches on the York Peninsula
Flaherty’s Beach (must see)
Berry Bay
Black Point
Brown’s Beach
Burners Beach
Cap Clairaut
Dolphin Beach
Ethel Beach
Moonta Bay
Parsons Beach
Pondalowie Surf Break
Port Hughes South Beach
Port Vincent Foreshore Beach
Shell Beach
Simms Cove
Wallaroo North Beach
Beaches in Western Australia
The Must See Beaches in Western Australia
The Full List
Beaches near Perth
Cottesloe Beach (must see)
Parakeet Bay – Rottnest Island (must see)
Scarborough Beach (must see)
Avalon Beach
Bathers Beach
Binningup Beach
City Beach
Coogee Beach – Perth
Falcon Bay Beach
Leighton Beach
Pinky Beach – Rottnest Island
Port Beach
Pyramids Beach
Rockingham Beach
Silversands Beach
Swanbourne Beach
The Basin – Rottnest Island
Mandurah Town Beach
Trigg Beach
Beaches in the Coral Coast Region (Near Geraldton and Carnarvon)
Turquoise Bay (must see)
Shell Beach (must see)
3 Mile Lagoon
Blue Holes Beach
Champion Beach
Coronation Beach
Drummond Cove
Fascine Town Beach
Flat Rocks
Geraldton Back Beach
Gnaraloo Bay
Lucky Bay – Kalbarri
Miaboolya Beach
Monkey Mia
Osprey Bay Beach
Paradise Beach
Pelican Point
Point Moore
Point Quobba
Sandy Cape
Sunset Beach
Tarcoola Beach
Beaches in the South West Region (near Margaret River, Albany, and Esperance)
Greens Pool and Elephant Rocks (must see)
Lucky Bay – Esperance (must see)
Misery Beach (must see)
Twilight Beach (must see)
Wharton Beach (must see)
Blue Haven
Boodjidup Beach
Bunbury Back beach
Bunker Bay
Busselton Foreshore Beach
Cape Le Grand Beach
Cheynes Beach
Duke of Orleans Bay
Ellenbrook Beach
Eagle Bay
Eleven Mile Lagoon
Foul Bay
Gnarabup Beach
Grunters
Hamelin Bay
Hellfire Bay
Injidup Natural Spa
Little Beach
Middleton Beach – Albany
Margaret River Mouth
Meelup Beach
Point Picquet
Prevelly Beach
Rossiter Bay
Smiths Beach
South Point Beach
Thistle Cove
West Beach Esperance
Wharton Beach
Yallingup Beach
Beaches in the North West Region (near The Kimberly, Pilbara, and Broome)
Cable Beach (must see)
Cape Leveque (must see)
Cemetery Beach
Broome Town Beach
Eighty Mile Beach
Entrance Point Beach
Gantheaume Beach
James Price Point
Reddell Beach
Roebuck Bay
Beaches in Tasmania
The Must See Beaches in Tasmania
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Beaches in Northern Tasmania (near Devonport)
Boat Harbour Beach (must see)
Badger Beach
Bakers Beach
Barnbougle Beach
Buttons Beach
Devonport Back Beach
Coles Beach
East Devonport Beach
Fossil Bluff Beach
Godfreys Beach
Greens Beach
Mersey Bluff Beach
Mersey River Mouth
Murphy’s Beach
Penguin Beach
Sisters Beach
Beaches in Southern Tasmania (near Hobart)
Seven Mile Beach (must see)
Adventure Bay Beach
Bellerive Beach
Big Roaring Beach
Boronia Beach
Clifton Beach
Cockle Creek
Coningham Beach
Cremorne Beach
Dover Beach
Eggs and Bacon Bay
Goats Bluff Beach
Gorringes Beach
Hinsby Beach
Hopground Beach – Maria Island
Howrah Beach
Jetty Beach
Kingston Beach
Lauderdale Beach
Little Roaring Bay Beach
Long Beach
Lords Beach
Mays Beach
Mickeys Beach
Nutgrove Beach
Opossum Bay Beach
Park Beach
Randalls Bay Beach
Red Ochre Beach
Roaring Bay Beach
Roches Beach
Snug Beach
South Cape Bay
Southport Beach
Taroona Beach
Tiger Head Beach
Beaches on Tasmania’s East Coast (near Swansea)
Cosy Corner North – Bay of Fires (must see)
Crescent Bay Beach
Wineglass Bay (must see)
Binalong Bay
Coles Bay
Cressy Beach
Descent Beach
Eddystone Point – Bay of Fires
Egg Beach
Fortescue Bay
Four Mile Creek Beach
Friendly Beaches
Lufra Cove
Mayfield Beach
Pirates Bay Beach
Raspins Beach
Shelly Point
Spiky Beach
Spring Beach
Steels Beach
Swimcart Beach – Bay of Fires
The Gardens
The Neck
Waubs Bay
Beaches on Tasmania’s West Coast
Ocean Beach (must see)
Ann Bay
Arthur Beach
Balmoral Beach
Big Beach
Cowrie Beach
Four Mile Beach
Gold Diggers Beach
Green Island Main
Green Point Beach
Lady Kathleen Beach
Mawson Bay
Mount Cameron Beach
Nelson Bay
Pilot Beach
Quail Beach
Stingray Beach
Toogelow Beach
Towterer Beach
West Strahan Beach
What about the Northern Territory?
The Northern Territory is great place for adventure, wildlife, and Australian cultural experiences.
However, it’s not the place to visit if you’re seeking incredible Australian beaches. It’s too dangerous to enter the water at most Northern Territory beaches because of crocodiles and jelly fish.
Outside of pools, swimming in the Northern Territory is generally restricted to inland lakes, waterholes and lagoons marked as safe swimming areas.
If you have suggestions or feedback about this list of the best Australian beaches, email us at admin@aussietalk.com.