Your beach day, scored in real time
Beach Day ranks Australia's beaches using live wind, waves, swell, and weather data so you always know where conditions are best. Discover local tips, upcoming events, and everything you need for a great day at the coast.
How it works
Search
Enter your suburb, postcode, or tap your location to find nearby beaches.
Explore
Browse beaches ranked by live conditions, with local tips, events, and forecasts.
Enjoy
Pick your spot, check the best time window, and head out.
Everything you need for a great beach day
Local tips
Every curated beach comes with insider tips from locals -the best parking spots, hidden rock pools, and where to grab coffee after your swim.
Events & what's on
Find out what's happening at beaches near you, from weekend markets and surf comps to community clean-ups and outdoor cinema nights.
Forecasts & charts
Detailed hourly charts for wind, swell, tide, and UV -up to 10 days ahead for Pro users. See exactly when conditions will be at their best.
Score cards
Each beach gets a live score based on real conditions. Download branded score cards to share with your mates or post to your socials.
Discover a beach
Explore some of the beaches we cover across Australia
Bulli Beach
Bulli
Head down to Bulli for a rare pair of 1930s ocean pools at 900m of beach under the Illawarra escarpment. Families love the calm pools, surfers get good reef breaks at Sandon Point, and walkers love the paved path to Fairy Meadow.
“The rock pool at the northern end's your shelter when the open beach is rough. Weekday mornings mean parking's actually sorted.”
Burleigh Heads Beach
Burleigh Heads
Burleigh Heads is the Gold Coast's soul, with long, hollow right-handers that rank among Australia's best waves and a main beach that works for swimmers and beginners too. You'll find rainforest walks through the national park headland, whale watching in season, and James Street's cafe and restaurant strip right nearby. Parking gets brutal on good swell days, so arrive early.
“Dawn patrol is the move on good swell days as parking gets brutal fast. Cannon Rock and the cliff line boulder fields are closed due to ongoing rockfall risk, so stick to the marked national park trails.”
Byron Bay Main Beach
Byron Bay
Byron's most central beach gives you 3 km of white sand, clear turquoise water, and views to Cape Byron Lighthouse. It's patrolled every day of the year, which is genuinely rare in the area. No natural shade on the sand, so bring sunscreen and always swim between the flags.
“It's patrolled every day of the year, which is rare for Byron, but it still gets crowded fast. No shade on the sand, so load up on sunscreen.”