Torquay Front Beach
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Torquay Front Beach
Cosy Corner | |
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Beach | |
 Torquay Front Beach, looking towards Cosy Corner and Point Danger | |
 Interactive map of Torquay Front Beach | |
| Coordinates: 38°20′06″S 144°19′30″E / 38.33507°S 144.32505°E | |
| Location | Torquay, Victoria, Australia |
| Offshore water bodies | Zeally Bay (Bass Strait) |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) |
| Patrolled by | SLSA |
| Hazard rating | 4/10 (moderately hazardous) |
| Access | The Esplanade |
Torquay Front Beach is a popular patrolled beach located in Torquay, Victoria, Australia. The beach faces due east and stretches for 1 kilometre from Yellow Bluff at its northern end to Point Danger to its south. The beach is popular with families, as the surf is comparably calmer than its counterpart, the adjacent surf beach, with an even calmer section of the beach protected by Point Danger known as Cosy Corner.[1]
Torquay Front Beach averages waves less than 1 metre, and is ideal for swimming as there are no rips and a shallow sandbar, with a seasonal lifeguard on duty. Many beginner surfers use the beach to practice, and occasionally, during big swell, larger waves make can make their way past Point Danger and toward the beach.[1]
