Beaches in Port Phillip

Port Phillip is a bay in Victoria, Australia. It has many beaches, most of which are mountainous, 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 surfing are easy or simple, except in extreme weather conditions.

Contents

• Hobsons Bay
• Between Hobsons and Beaumaris Bays
• Beaumaris Bay
• Between Beaumaris and Dromana Bays
• Dromana Bay
• Capel Sound
• Point Nepean beaches
• Lonsdale Bay
• Between Lonsdale and Corio Bays
• Corio Bay
• Between Corio and Altona Bays
• Altona Bay
• References

Most sandy beaches are located on the bay's 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.