Beaches and swimming in Melbourne
30 beaches and designated swimming areas are mapped around Melbourne, covering lake and river swimming spots as well as coastline.
Named beaches and swimming spots in Melbourne
- Horse Arena
- Port Melbourne Beach
- South Melbourne Beach
- Middle Park Beach
- Sandridge Beach
- West Beach
- St Kilda Beach
- Elwood Beach
- Williamstown Beach
- Sandown Street Beach
- Altona Dog Beach
- Middle Brighton Beach
- Dendy Street Beach
The map has all 30, including the 17 that carry no name in OpenStreetMap.
Questions
- Where can I swim in Melbourne?
- The map shows 30 mapped beaches and swimming areas. Pair them with toilets, parking and ice cream using the "Beach day" preset.
- Is the water quality shown?
- No. Water quality is monitored by local authorities and changes through the season, so check their current advisories before swimming.
- Are these beaches supervised?
- OpenStreetMap sometimes records a lifeguard, but coverage is patchy. Assume a beach is unsupervised unless you can see otherwise on site.
- Where does this beaches and swimming spots data come from?
- From OpenStreetMap, a map built by volunteer surveyors and maintained continuously. It is the best available source for small fixtures like this one, because they are the things commercial map providers do not bother collecting.
- Something is missing or wrong. Can I fix it?
- Yes, and it is the fastest way to get it corrected. Edit the point on openstreetmap.org and the change flows through to this page on the next refresh. There is no separate database here to correct.
- Is the list of beaches and swimming spots in Melbourne complete?
- It is as complete as the local survey effort. Densely mapped cities are close to exhaustive; elsewhere expect gaps. The map is always the fuller view, since the list on this page only names the points that have a name.
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