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St Andrews Beach

St Andrews Beach is named after the backing holiday settlement and can be reached via a winding route through the houses and dunes. This terminates at a small car park in the dunes above the centre of the 2 km long beach. The Mornington Peninsula National Park runs in a strip between the houses and the beach.

 

Like all the beaches along this section, it is dominated by moderate to high waves, sand, reefs, and rocks. St Andrews has rock along several hundred metres of the beach, with reefs also outcropping in the surf. Combined with the waves, which average 1.8 m, they produce several strong, permanent rips against the rocks and reefs.

Swimming

  • This is a hazardous, rip dominated beach. Stay close inshore, on the bar and well clear of the rocks, reefs and rips.

Surfing

  • There are always beach and reef breaks along St Andrews, with the best conditions occurring in a moderate swell with north-easterly winds.

Fishing

  • An excellent beach for beach fishing. Permanent rip holes exist against the reefs and gutters along the rocks.

General

  • An exposed, high energy beach and surf; most suitable for experienced surfers and beach fishers.

Carpark

  • Type: Formal parking area Spaces: 50

Please Note – SLSA provides this information as a guide only. Surf conditions are variable and therefore this information should not be relied upon as a substitute for observation of local conditions and an understanding of your abilities in the surf. SLSA reminds you to always swim between the red and yellow flags and never swim at unpatrolled beaches. SLSA takes all care and responsibility for any translation but it cannot guarantee that all translations will be accurate.

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