About Marion Bay
Marion Bay Township Facilities
- Two minute drive from Blue Horizon or 10 minute walk
- General store - open 7 days & provides fuel, gifts, food, magazines, bait, scuba refills, household goods & a selection of DVD's for hire.
- Surf Shop - open 7 days
- Marion Bay Boat ramp
- Marion Bay Beach - a family friendly beach, usually fairly tame water with glorious white sand & rocks to explore.
- Willyama Beach- a beautiful unspoilt beach, with great scuba diving opportunities on the wreck of the Willyama (lost 13 April, 1907). Often has some swell for loads of fun on the beach.
- Marion Bay Jetty - famous for catching the biggest squid in the State!
- Marion Bay Tavern - open 7 days, great modern Australian dining with awesome sea views, take away pizzas, bottle shop & ATM. For bookings http://www.marionbaytavern.com.au/
- Playground & tennis courts
- Public phone
Innes National Park
- 5 minute drive from Blue Horizon or walk to the end of Willyama Beach
- Innes Park Trading Post - open 7 days & provides fuel, gifts, food, magazines, bait, groceries, ATM, postal services & ice.
- Rhino's Tavern- open 7 days pub & restaurant dining, http://www.rhinostavern.com.au
- Pondalowie Bay boat ramp
- Stenhouse Bay Jetty
- Public phone
- Visitor Information Centre
Surf Breaks
- Salmon Hole
A long right that offers some wackable faces, and the occasional barrel on the suck rock. Right hander, reef, medium to experienced surfers. Best on a north to north-west wind. You might have to dodge a rock or two on low tide.
- Pondalowie Bay- Innes National Park
A consistent fun long right that handles large swells. It also breaks left which is of better quality when it is small. Right hander, reef/beach, for medium experienced surfers. Best on a south-east to east wind.
- Daly Head
A quality left that handles the biggest swells to hit the coastline. Left hander, reef, experienced surfers. Best on a south-east to east wind.
- Trespassers
A punchy right that offers some nice barrels. Right hander, reef, experienced surfers only. Best on an easterly wind.
- West Cape- Innes National Park
A left (occasionally right-handed) beach break of up to two metres. Best on north or north-west winds and low to medium tide.
- Richards - Innes National Park
About 250 metres north of the main break at Pondalowie. A good quality beach/reef combination right-hander that breaks up to 1.5 metres. Best on east to north-east wind, low to medium tide.
- Ethel Wreck - Innes National Park
A summer break only. Fickle but can be good. Usually a powerful right-hander up to two metres. It is best on low to medium tide and north-easterly winds.
- Rock Pool
Located just south of Daly Head. A powerful right-hand reef break up to three metres and bigger. Best on north-west winds on any tide.
- Baby Lizards
Just north of the car park in Formby Bay. Can get good but is generally only an average quality, short right-hand reef break up to two metres. Best on easterly winds with a medium to high tide.
- Chinamans- Innes National Park
This is a high quality wave, it is a powerfull hollow left hander that handles large swells. For experienced surfers only. The locals rule of maximum 13 surfers out, is strongly enforced. Best on a north wind.
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