Beaches in Port Phillip

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Port Phillip is in Victoria, Australia. It has many beaches, most of which are flat, shallow and long, with very small breaks making swimming quite safe. This attracts many tourists, mostly families, to the beaches of Port Phillip during the summer months and school holidays. Water sports such as body boarding and swimming are common, though waves are very rarely large enough for surfing. A number of lifesaving clubs operate along Port Phillip’s beaches.

Most sandy beaches are located on the northern, eastern and southern shorelines, while the western shorelines host a few sandy beaches, there mostly exists a greater variety of beaches, swampy wetlands and mangroves. The occasional pebble beach and easy sand dunes can also be found, mostly in the southern reaches.

Beaches

View of St Kilda Beach and pier

Hobsons Bay

West Beach - St Kilda West

Between Hobsons and Beaumaris Bays

Elwood Beach and Port Philip
Point Ormond near Elwood, Victoria (2009)
Watkins Bay Beach
Keefers Cove Beach

Beaumaris Bay

The beach at Aspendale has several colourful beach huts.
Port Phillip as seen from Olivers Hill, Frankston on the eastern shore of the bay
Long Island Beach

Between Beaumaris and Dromana Bays

Canadian Bay Beach
Mills Beach East
Fosters Slip

Dromana Bay

Anthonys Nose Beach - Dromana

Capel Sound

Rye Beach East
Rye Beach West

Corio Bay

Between Corio and Altona Bays

Much of this coastline is undeveloped and is occupied by either military facilities or the Western Treatment Plant.

Altona Bay

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