Aerial view of Umina Beach |
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| New South Wales - Central Coast |
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| Umina |
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| Umina |
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High Tide:
5
Low Tide:
5
Least hazardous: 1-3
Moderately hazardous: 4-6
Highly hazardous: 7-8
Extremely hazardous: 9-10 |
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| This is the local beach for the Ocean - Umina residential area and is
used heavily by these people as well as holiday makers and people in
the caravan parks. Popular beach with an unusual low gradient surf
zone. that may be calm or driven by several rips and tidal currents. |
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| Further west along Umina Beach the waves initially increase slightly in
size to average less than 1 m, then decrease into the western corner,
where the beach turns to face east. Along this section the bars remain
low and wide, but rips are more common and stronger when the waves are
breaking. As a result an average of 72 people are rescued here annually. |
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| Both beaches are relatively safe on the gently sloping inner surf zone.
Often under north east and east swell calms prevail. However tidal
currents increase toward the east and Ettalong Beach. When waves are
breaking, rip currents increase in strength toward the centre and west,
with up to 8 rips cutting across the attached bar. Best to stay between
the flags at both beaches and on the attached bars, avoiding the rips
and tidal currents. |
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| Ocean - Umina work best in a moderate to high south east swell which
when the beach breaks are working, and particularly during summer when
the north winds blow offshore. As mentioned for Lobster Beach, the
famous long, long left hander called Box Head lies off of Ocean Beach,
and is best reached by boat, which means it attracts the locals out of
Brisbane Water as well as from Pittwater. |
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| Most fishing takes place around the entrance to Brisbane Water from
boats, the seawall and off the tidal shoals at low tide. A tide gutter
runs along Ocean Beach, with beach gutters along Umina Beach. |
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