Bluff Beach Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Check the wind and the water before you head down, find somewhere to stay or eat nearby, and see what's on around the peninsula.

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Around the bluff

Everything to do
  • Surf and swim

    A wide, sandy beach that picks up swell from Spencer Gulf, with gentle waves on smaller days. This is an exposed coast with currents, so check the conditions before you go in.

    On the beach At Bluff Beach

  • Walk the Yorke

    The peninsula's long-distance coastal trail passes Bluff Beach, with a trailhead at Barker Rocks. Walk north to Port Rickaby or south towards Hardwicke Bay and Point Turton.

    Walks At Bluff Beach

  • Recreational fishing

    Surf fishing from the beach for Australian salmon, mullet and whiting. Check PIRSA's bag and size limits and any closures before you go.

    Fishing At Bluff Beach

  • Port Rickaby jetty and boat ramp

    A jetty, a boat ramp for medium-sized boats, a sandy beach and a lookout over the bay, just up the coast.

    Fishing Port Rickaby

Where to stay

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The story of the bluff

Bluff Beach looks west over Hardwicke Bay on the Yorke Peninsula. If you have photos, family stories or records of the beach and the shacks, get in touch.

Read the history
  1. Always Narungga Country
  2. Shack days The Bluff Beach shack site
  3. 1999 A locality of its own
  4. Today Farmland, coast and community