
Photo: © State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development) 2026 · CC BY 4.0
Windy · 15° · next high 11:03am
Good for a swim — read the conditions and stay between the flags where patrolled.
Balgal — Townsville & Magnetic Island, QLD
-19.0415, 146.4336
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Photo: © State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development) 2026 · CC BY 4.0
Townsville & Magnetic Island
Radical Bay — a beach on the Queensland coast.

Photo: © State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development) 2026 · CC BY 4.0
Townsville & Magnetic Island
Launs Beach — a beach on the Queensland coast.

Photo: © State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development) 2026 · CC BY 4.0
Townsville & Magnetic Island
Shelly Beach — a beach on the Queensland coast.