
Photo: © State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development) 2026 · CC BY 4.0
Partly cloudy · 17° · 1.7m surf · next high 11:00am
Good for a swim — read the conditions and stay between the flags where patrolled.
Black Head (West) — Southern Great Barrier Reef, QLD
-23.6628, 151.2597
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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
Southern Great Barrier Reef
Millennium Esplande — 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
Southern Great Barrier Reef
Kellys 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
Southern Great Barrier Reef
Middle Head — a beach on the Queensland coast.