West Head Beach - NSW

Beach

Position

DEG: -33.581441 151.309038

DMS: 33º 34' 53.18" S 151º 18' 32.53" E

UTM: 56 H 6282970mN 343073mE

Altitude: 13.88m

Address & Contact

Resolute Track
Ku-ring-gai Chase NSW 2084

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Information

Popular but rarely busy, West Head Beach is the easiest beach to get to at West Head – although it still requires a short and steep bushwalk to reach. There’s shaded areas at the rocky headlands at both ends of the beach. The beach is on Pittwater and opposite the Barrenjoey Peninsula, and has low swell – just enough to make it difficult to land a boat, which helps to keep the beach fairly quiet. Low tide is best as more of the sandy beach is exposed, but swimming is possible at any time and there are less submerged rocks. At high tide there are a few submerged rocks along the beach. West Head Beach is reached via a bushwalking track that descends from the carpark at the West Head Lookout, which is at the end of West Head Road. It’s a bit steep in a few places and there are a few stairs, but it’s suitable for children. The track crosses a creek just before the final set of steps down to the beach. If you have time, continue to Resolute Beach and do the 4km Resolute Loop Trail – one of the best bushwalks at West Head..

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Terrey Hills at 02/10:30am EST

Distance from West Head Beach 14.41km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
15.6°C	14.1°C	85%	13.1°C	hPa	0.0mm	SW	13km/hr 7knots	22km/hr 12knots

Closest Climatic Station

Gosford (Narara Research Station) Aws

Distance from West Head Beach 20.81km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	27.6	27.1	25.9	23.6	20.3	17.9	17.5	19.1	21.4	23.6	25.1	26.8
Mean Min. °C	16.8	17.2	15.4	11.9	8.3	6.5	4.8	5.4	7.7	10.7	13.2	15.3
Mean Rain mm	134.7	154.7	149.9	139.4	118.3	130.5	80.3	72.4	68.5	84.5	91.7	104.2