Beaches – Mornington Peninsula

Frankston
Frankston’s long, wide, safe sandy bay beaches are ideal for swimming, snorkelling, diving, sailboarding and yachting. With excellent launch facilities, they are also popular for boating, while foreshore reserves are great for picnics and barbecues. There is also a playground for children.
Patrolled by the Frankston Life Saving Club.

Mount Eliza
There are a number of small, sandy bay beaches between Mount Eliza and Mornington including Daveys Bay, Canadian and Half Moon Bays, Ranelagh and Sunnyside beaches.

Mornington
A number of safe, sandy swimming beaches are located around this picturesque bay harbour and nearby areas, including Mills, Scout, Shire Hall, Mothers, Royal and Fishermans beaches. Excellent yacht and boat facilities are available, while the extensive foreshore reserves have picnic and barbecue facilities, a boardwalk and lookouts around Schnapper Point.
Patrolled by the Mornington Life Saving Club during summer months.

Mount Martha
A series of safe, sandy bay beaches with yacht and boating facilities. The foreshore reserves have picnic and barbecue facilities and there is also a coastal walking path.
Patrolled by the Mount Martha Life Saving Club during summer months.

Safety Beach
This calm, sandy bay swimming beach is popular for boating and has a foreshore reserve with children’s playground.

Dromana
This long sweep of sandy beach stretches along the bay from Safety Beach to Anthony’s Nose. Excellent reserves with picnic shelters, barbecues and playgrounds are set among the foreshore lawns. This is also a popular camping area.

Rosebud
A popular, family swimming beach on the bay that is protected by offshore sandbars. Extensive shaded foreshore reserves have picnic, barbecue and play facilities.
Patrolled by the Rosebud Life Saving Club during summer months.

Rye
A wide, sandy bay beach with a large grass foreshore reserve. Features include a long jetty, excellent picnic and barbecue facilities, children's playground, extensive boat launching, washing and parking facilities and a cycling and walking track.

Blairgowrie
Sandy bay beach with barbecue and picnic facilities in the foreshore reserve. The boat ramp is suitable for small craft and there is a walking and cycling track.

Sorrento Front Beach
This extremely popular bay beach and holiday destination has excellent foreshore reserves with extensive picnic and barbecue facilities, and children's playground. The terminal for the Queenscliff-Sorrento car and passenger ferry is at Sorrento Pier. There are also modern boat launching and yachting facilities and a cycling and walking track.

Portsea Front Beach
Last in the string of Port Phillip Bay beaches, this popular bay beach holiday destination has wide foreshore reserves with picnic and barbecue facilities.

Portsea Surf Beach
This popular surf beach is part of the Mornington Peninsula National Park. Take care, as it can be treacherous at times.
Patrolled by Portsea Surf Life Saving Club and professional lifeguards from the end of November to Easter (daily from December 26-January 26. Weekends and public holidays at other times).

Sorrento Ocean Beach
This popular surf beach is part of the Mornington Peninsula National Park. There are picnic and barbecue areas, as well as a kiosk and tea rooms.
Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club and professional lifeguards patrol from the end of November to Easter (daily from December 26-January 26. Weekends and public holidays at other times).

Rye Ocean Beach
This surf beach within the Mornington Peninsula National Park has a walking track to the beach. However, care should be taken because rips can make the beach unsafe for swimming.

Gunnamatta Beach
This ocean surf beach is within the Mornington Peninsula National Park. Care should be taken, as rips can make this beach unsafe for swimming.
Gunnamatta Surf Life Saving Club and professional lifeguards patrol the beach from the end of November to Easter (daily from December 26-January 26. Weekends and public holidays at other times).

Flinders Ocean Beach
This protected sandy bay beach has excellent picnic, barbecue and play facilities in the foreshore reserve, as well as a boat ramp. Flinders Ocean Beach is part of Mornington Peninsula National Park.

Shoreham Beach
Steep, sandy, pine-tree framed beaches are located around the mouth of Stony Creek and rocky platforms and reefs are popular for family exploration. The foreshore reserve has picnic and barbecue facilities.

Point Leo Surf Beach
This popular surf beach has swells rolling in from Bass Strait. The extensive foreshore reserve has picnic, barbecue and play facilities, as well as a kiosk and camping area.
Point Leo Surf Life Saving Club and professional lifeguards patrol the beach from the end of November to Easter (daily from December 26-January 26. Weekends and public holidays at other times).

Merricks Beach
A safe sandy bay beach with walking tracks through wide foreshore reserve to beach.

Balnarring Beach
The popular Westernport bay beaches have well-vegetated sand dunes, views to Flinders and Phillip Island, camping and caravan parks. The foreshore reserve has picnic, barbecue and play facilities

Somers Beach
A popular sandy bay beach on Westernport with picnic and barbecue facilities within a wide foreshore reserve.