Top 100 Beaches In Australia

Below are the current Top 100 Beaches in Australia based on several data points and factors that have been calculated through a complex algorithm. Some of these datapoints include Student Academic Performance, Teacher Insights, Beach Facilities, Sense of Community, Social Media Feedback, Online Reviews and Brand Reputation.

1

Whitehaven Beach ( QLD )
#Whitsunday Island

100 / 100

2

Wineglass Bay ( TAS )
#Freycinet National Park

99 / 100

3

Byron Bay Main Beach ( NSW )
#Byron Bay

98 / 100

4

Noosa Main Beach ( QLD )
#Noosa

98 / 100

5

Turquiose Bay ( WA )
#Cape Range National Park

98 / 100

6

Vivonne Bay ( SA )
#Kangaroo Island

98 / 100

7

Cable Beach ( WA )
#Torndirrup National Park

97 / 100

8

Ningaloo Reef Marine Park ( WA )
#Gascoyne region

97 / 100

9

Twilight Beach (Esperance) ( WA )
#Esperance region

97 / 100

10

Avoca Beach ( NSW )
#Gosford Region

96 / 100

11

Blue Pearl Bay ( QLD )
#Hayman Island

96 / 100

12

Cape Tribulation Noah Beach ( QLD )
#Tropical North

96 / 100

13

Four Mile Beach Port Douglas ( QLD )
#Tropical North

96 / 100

14

Misery Beach ( WA )
#Albany

96 / 100

15

Queenscliff Beach ( VIC )
#Port Phillip Bay

96 / 100

16

Dirk Hartog Island ( WA )
#Gascoyne region

95 / 100

17

Hyams Beach ( NSW )
#Jervis Bay

95 / 100

18

Lucky Bay ( WA )
#Cape Le Grande National Park

95 / 100

19

Maitland Bay Beach ( NSW )
#Bouddi National Park

95 / 100

20

Manly Beach ( NSW )
#Northern Beaches

95 / 100

21

Robe ( SA )
#Limestone Coast

95 / 100

22

Alexandria Bay ( QLD )
#Noosa

94 / 100

23

Bittangabee Bay ( NSW )
#Sapphire Coast

94 / 100

24

Congwong Beach ( NSW )
#Eastern Suburbs

94 / 100

25

Gunyah Beach ( SA )
#Coffin Bay National Park

94 / 100

26

Hopground Beach ( TAS )
#Maria Island Marine Reserve

94 / 100

27

Lefroy Bay ( WA )
#Ningaloo Marine Park

94 / 100

28

Loch Ard Gorge ( VIC )
#Great Ocean Road

94 / 100

29

Margaret River ( WA )
#South West

94 / 100

30

Narrawallee Beach ( NSW )
#Mollymook

94 / 100

31

Rapid Bay ( SA )
#Fleurieu Peninsula

94 / 100

32

Bondi Beach ( NSW )
#Eastern Suburbs

93 / 100

33

Burleigh Heads ( QLD )
#Gold Coast

93 / 100

34

Childers Cove ( VIC )
#Great Ocean Road

93 / 100

35

Coogee Beach ( NSW )
#Eastern Suburbs

93 / 100

36

Coogee Beach Perth ( WA )
#Peel region

93 / 100

37

Coral Bay ( WA )
#Ningaloo Marine Park

93 / 100

38

Hamilton Island ( QLD )
#Whitsunday region

93 / 100

39

Portsea Beach ( VIC )
#Mornington Peninsula

93 / 100

40

Rainbow Beach ( QLD )
#Sunshine Coast

93 / 100

41

Richardsons Beach Freycinet ( TAS )
#Freycinet National Park

93 / 100

42

Seventy Five Mile Beach ( QLD )
#Fraser Island

93 / 100

43

The Basin ( WA )
#Rottnest Island

93 / 100

44

Treachery Beach ( NSW )
#Seal Rocks

93 / 100

45

Dynamite Bay ( WA )
#Mid West

92 / 100

46

Merewether Beach ( NSW )
#Newcastle

92 / 100

47

Neck Beach ( TAS )
#Bruny Island Neck Game Reserve

92 / 100

48

Point Sir Isaac ( SA )
#Coffin Bay National Park

92 / 100

49

Scarborough Beach ( WA )
#Perth metro

92 / 100

50

Tidal River Beach ( VIC )
#Wilsons Promontory

92 / 100

51

Blue Haven Beach ( WA )
#Esperance region

91 / 100

52

Cloudy Bay ( TAS )
#South Bruny National Park

91 / 100

53

Crescent Head ( NSW )
#Mid North Coast

91 / 100

54

Depot Beach ( NSW )
#Murramarang National Park

91 / 100

55

Garie Beach ( NSW )
#Royal National Park

91 / 100

56

Horseshoe Bay ( QLD )
#Whitsunday region

91 / 100

57

Kings Beach ( QLD )
#Caloundra

91 / 100

58

Memory Cove ( SA )
#Lincoln National Park

91 / 100

59

Moonee Beach ( NSW )
#Coffs Coast

91 / 100

60

Shelly Beach ( NSW )
#Manly

91 / 100

61

Aldinga Beach ( SA )
#Adelaide metropolitan beaches

90 / 100

62

Boat Harbour Beach ( TAS )
#North Coast Tasmania

90 / 100

63

Camp Cove ( NSW )
#Sydney

90 / 100

64

Cape Woolamai ( VIC )
#Phillip Island

90 / 100

65

Caves Beach Jervis Bay ( NSW )
#Jervis Bay

90 / 100

66

Currumbin ( QLD )
#Gold Coast

90 / 100

67

Johanna Beach ( VIC )
#Great Ocean Road

90 / 100

68

Long Beach ( QLD )
#Great Keppel Island

90 / 100

69

Lorne Beach ( VIC )
#Great Ocean Road

90 / 100

70

Mollymook Beach ( NSW )
#Shoalhaven

90 / 100

71

Stokes Bay ( SA )
#Kangaroo Island

90 / 100

72

Wallagoot Beach ( NSW )
#Bournda National Park

90 / 100

73

Bells Beach ( VIC )
#Great Ocean Road

89 / 100

74

Dudley Beach ( NSW )
#Newcastle

89 / 100

75

Dutchmans Beach ( NSW )
#Nelson Bay

89 / 100

76

Ellis Beach ( QLD )
#Cairns

89 / 100

77

Kirra Beach ( QLD )
#Gold Coast

89 / 100

78

Maslin Beach ( SA )
#Adelaide metropolitan beaches

89 / 100

79

Palm Cove Carins ( QLD )
#Cairns region

89 / 100

80

Refuge Cove ( VIC )
#Wilsons Promontory

89 / 100

81

Apollo Bay ( VIC )
#Great Ocean Road

88 / 100

82

Broken Head ( NSW )
#Northern Rivers

88 / 100

83

Kingston Beach ( WA )
#Rottnest Island

88 / 100

84

Narrabeen Beach ( NSW )
#Northern Beaches

88 / 100

85

The Spit ( QLD )
#Gold Coast

88 / 100

86

Hole In The Wall Beach ( NSW )
#Jervis Bay

87 / 100

87

Indian Head Fraser Island ( QLD )
#Fraser Island

87 / 100

88

Inskip Point ( QLD )
#Rainbow Beach

87 / 100

89

Kitty Miller Bay ( VIC )
#Phillip Island

87 / 100

90

Port Bremer ( NT )
#Gurig Gunak Barlu National Park

87 / 100

91

Sellicks Beach ( SA )
#Adelaide metropolitan beaches

87 / 100

92

Seisa Beach ( QLD )
#West Cape York

86 / 100

93

The Bommie ( NSW )
#Ulladulla

86 / 100

94

Torquay Beach ( VIC )
#Great Ocean Road

86 / 100

95

Busselton Beach ( WA )
#South West

85 / 100

96

Port Noarlunga ( SA )
#Adelaide metropolitan beaches

85 / 100

97

Sorrento Front Beach ( VIC )
#Port Phillip Bay

85 / 100

98

Toogoom Beach ( QLD )
#Hervey Bay

85 / 100

99

McLoughlins Beach ( VIC )
#Gippsland Lakes

84 / 100

100

Urangan Beach ( QLD )
#Hevey Bay

84 / 100


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