Beaches · Town centre
Patrolled year round, straight off the town centre, and the one everybody means when they say the beach.
The beach
Main Beach runs from the surf club east toward Clarkes, with the park, the pool and the town centre all sitting behind it. It is the most convenient swim in Byron and the only one where you can be out of the water and into lunch inside ten minutes.
It is patrolled every day of the year, which makes it the default with children or with anybody who is not a confident swimmer. The trade-off is that it catches the northerly, so on a blown-out afternoon we will send you around to Wategos instead.
Where it is
A short flat walk from the houses in town. Park at Lawson Street if you are coming from further out.
Lawson Street and Bay Street, both metered. Free after six.
Flagged daily by Byron Bay Surf Life Saving Club.
Both. The beach break is forgiving and the learners go out at the western end.
Showers, toilets and the surf club cafe behind the sand.
It is the busiest beach in the bay by a distance. Before eight it is yours.
Byron Bay
We check the wind before we answer. Tell us who is coming and what you want out of the day and we will point you at the right stretch of sand.
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