Port Phillip is in Victoria, Australia. It has many beaches, most of which are flat, 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 swimming are common, though waves are very rarely large enough for surfing. A number of lifesaving clubs operate along Port Phillip’s beaches.
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Most sandy beaches are located on the 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.
Beaches
edit- Yarra River
- Sandridge Beach - Port Melbourne
- Port Melbourne Beach - Port Melbourne
- South Melbourne Beach - Albert Park
- West Beach - St Kilda West
Between Hobsons and Beaumaris Bays
edit- Elwood Beach - Elwood
- Seacombe Grove Beach - Brighton
- Middle Brighton Beach - Brighton
- Dendy Street Beach - Brighton
- Brighton Beach - Brighton
- Hampton Beach - Hampton
- Sandringham Beach - Sandringham
- Half Moon Bay Beach - Black Rock
- Black Rock Beach - Black Rock
- Ricketts Point Beach - Beaumaris
- Watkins Bay Beach
- Keefers Cove Beach
- Mentone Beach - Mentone
- Parkdale Beach - Parkdale
- Mordialloc Beach - Mordialloc
- Aspendale Beach - Aspendale
- Edithvale Beach - Edithvale
- Chelsea Beach - Chelsea
- Bonbeach Beach - Bonbeach
- Carrum Beach - Carrum
- Seaford Beach - Seaford
- Long Island Beach
- Frankston Beach - Frankston
- South Frankston Beach - Frankston/Frankston South
Between Beaumaris and Dromana Bays
edit- Daveys Bay Beach - Mount Eliza
- Mount Eliza Beach - Mount Eliza
- Canadian Bay Beach
- Half Moon Bay Beach - Mount Eliza
- Ranelagh Beach - Mount Eliza
- Moondah Beach - Mount Eliza
- Sunnyside North Beach - Mount Eliza
- Sunnyside Beach - Mount Eliza
- Mills Beach - Mornington
- Mills Beach East
- Shire Hall Beach - Mornington
- Mothers Beach - Mornington
- Royal Beach - Mornington
- Fishermans Beach - Mornington
- Fosters Beach - Mornington
- Fosters Slip
- Fossil Beach - Mornington
- Dava Beach - Mount Martha
- Birdrock Beach - Mount Martha
- Craigie Beach - Mount Martha
- Hawker Beach - Mount Martha
- Mount Martha Beach North - Mount Martha
- Mount Martha Beach South - Mount Martha
Dromana Bay
edit- Pebble Cove Beach - Mount Martha
- Safety Beach - Safety Beach
- Dromana Beach - Dromana
- Anthonys Nose Beach - Dromana
Capel Sound
edit- McCrae Beach - McCrae
- Rosebud Beach - Rosebud
- Rosebud West Beach - Rosebud West
- Tootgarook Beach - Tootgarook
- Rye Beach - Rye
- Rye Beach East
- Rye Beach West
- Tyrone Beach - Rye
- Blairgowrie Beach - Blairgowrie
- Camerons Bight Beach - Sorrento
- Sullivan Bay Beach - Sorrento
- Sorrento Front Beach - Sorrento
- Policemans Point Beach - Sorrento
- Point Henry Beaches - Moolap
- Eastern Beach - Geelong
- Western Beach - Geelong
- Rippleside Beach - Rippleside
- St Helens Beach - North Geelong
- Limeburners Bay Beach - Corio
- Avalon Beach - Avalon
Between Corio and Altona Bays
editMuch of this coastline is undeveloped and is occupied by either military facilities or the Western Treatment Plant.
- Werribee South Beach - Werribee South
- East Beach - Werribee South
- Wyndham Harbour South Beach - Werribee South
- Wyndham Harbour North Beach - Werribee South
- Campbells Cove Beaches - Werribee South
Altona Bay
edit- Altona Beach - Altona
- Seaholme Beach - Seaholme
- Williamstown Beach - Williamstown
- Shelley Beach - Williamstown
- Yarra River