Torquay Back Beach (Surf Beach), Australia

Oceania · Illustrated record

Torquay Back Beach (Surf Beach)

Surf Coast Shire · Australia

Photo: Genet ( Diskussion ) / Wikimedia Commons

The short version, from the cited sources

Torquay Surf Beach, also known as the Torquay Back Beach, is a highly popular patrolled coastal beach facing the Bass Strait in Torquay, Victoria, Australia.

Country
Australia (AU)
Region
Oceania
Administrative area
Surf Coast Shire
Timezone
Not available from source
Source family
OpenStreetMap
Source updated
2026-09-02

Names in the record

Torquay Back Beach (Surf Beach)

  • Surf Beach

Awaiting editorial review

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  • Sand color and composition
  • Water and swimming character
  • Access and accessibility
  • Facilities and lifeguards
  • Seasonality and crowd pattern
  • Current hazards and restrictions
  • Live weather, tide and water-quality feeds

Source position

-38.34266, 144.32200

The map uses the coordinate supplied by the cited record. Local access and water entry are not implied.

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Sources behind this record

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  1. OpenStreetMap beach featuresOpenStreetMap contributors ↗

    Named natural=beach nodes, ways and relations retrieved through the Overpass API.

    Open Database License 1.0 · Retrieved 2026-09-02
  2. Wikidata beach itemsWikimedia Foundation ↗

    Coordinates, administrative area, body of water, length and typed beach class read from the beach item's own statements; the per-record citation links the item.

    CC0 1.0 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
  3. Wikipedia beach articlesWikimedia Foundation ↗

    Encyclopedia articles used for the editorial summary of illustrated records; the per-record citation links the specific article.

    Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
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