How do you get to Munglinup Beach?

From Ravensthorpe, head 83.5km east along the South Coast Highway and turn at Fuss Road, which is sealed, then follow Springdale Road for 10.1km of gravel and Munglinup Beach Road for the last 3.7km, about 14km of unsealed driving inside a 24km run from the highway. It is 130km from Esperance and roughly a seven-hour drive south-east of Perth. The beach itself is accessible by car, which is unusual on this coast, but the last stretch is gravel and worth checking after rain.

Can you swim at Munglinup Beach?

Yes. Munglinup Beach forms a 600m lagoon protected by an outer reef system, and it is described as good for both swimming and snorkelling. That protection stops at the reef line and at the rock headlands at either end, where it becomes open Southern Ocean. The lagoon is the family water and the headlands are not.

What can you catch at Munglinup Beach?

Salmon, skippy, herring, tailor, flathead, yellowfin whiting, squid and gummy shark, plus mulloway and a range of reef species off the rock headlands. Salmon are the headline and reach this part of the coast from late summer into autumn, earlier than around Albany. Fish light inside the reef-protected lagoon and heavy off the headlands and the open beach either side.

Is there drinking water at the Munglinup Beach campground?

No. The public campground has on-site toilet facilities and non-potable water, and visitors are expected to be fully self-sufficient for food, drinking water and fuel. Munglinup Beach Holiday Park, opposite the Oldfield Estuary, offers serviced accommodation if you would rather not camp. There is no national park entry fee here.

Does the South Coast Marine Park affect fishing at Munglinup Beach?

It affects a boat here more than it affects the sand. Zoning comes into operation in late 2026, and there is a Munglinup Sanctuary Zone whose boundary sits about 900m off this beach; sanctuary zones prohibit recreational fishing outright. Shore fishing off Munglinup stays open, but a small boat launched off the sand is inside that zone within minutes, so from late 2026 the zoning map goes in the boat. The boundaries of some sanctuary zones have been offset from the mainland high water mark, and placed away from jetties and boat ramps, so that shore fishing keeps its access. Check the department's zoning map before a trip rather than relying on any single page.

Bite Compass

Bite Forecast

Munglinup Beach

Sat 12 Sep 2026 · Australia/Perth

Save

Change spot

←

12 Sep

tap to pick date

→

Today Tomorrow Sat 12 Sep

📍 Munglinup Beach

new · 0%

Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 303° · 21 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 10 s SW Water: 17.4 °C Pressure: 1009.1 hPa → steady

★★★☆☆

Medium Fish Activity

▸ Why this score?

At the day's peak · 6:00 am

Solunar Minor window

Time of day Dawn

Tide Moving

Wind NW 15 km/h

Moon new all day

Water temp 17.4 °C all day

Learn how the score works →

Activity Forecast

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:00 am → 7:30 am

2h 30m

Good

5:00 pm → 7:30 pm

2h 30m

Good

12:00 pm → 1:30 pm

1h 30m

First light

5:36 am

Last light

6:10 pm

Sunrise

6:00 am

Sunset

5:46 pm

Moonrise

6:22 am

Moonset

7:01 pm

Low tide

4:39 am

High tide

11:00 am

Low tide

4:56 pm

High tide

11:00 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

☀️

15°

↗︎

34°

16 km/h

1am

☀️

15°

↗︎

28°

16 km/h

2am

☀️

15°

↑︎

22°

16 km/h

3am

☀️

15°

↑︎

13°

15 km/h

4am

☀️

16°

↑︎

1°

14 km/h

5am

☀️

17°

↑︎

348°

14 km/h

6am

☀️

18°

↖︎

335°

15 km/h

7am

☀️

18°

↖︎

323°

16 km/h

8am

☀️

19°

↖︎

316°

17 km/h

9am

🌧️

19°

↖︎

311°

18 km/h

10am

🌧️

20°

↖︎

307°

19 km/h

11am

🌧️

20°

↖︎

305°

20 km/h

12pm

🌧️

20°

↖︎

303°

21 km/h

1pm

🌧️

20°

↖︎

299°

21 km/h

2pm

🌧️

20°

↖︎

295°

21 km/h

3pm

🌧️

20°

←︎

288°

20 km/h

4pm

🌧️

20°

←︎

278°

18 km/h

5pm

🌧️

19°

←︎

265°

17 km/h

6pm

🌧️

18°

←︎

251°

17 km/h

7pm

🌧️

18°

↙︎

241°

18 km/h

8pm

🌧️

17°

↙︎

237°

18 km/h

9pm

☀️

16°

↙︎

239°

18 km/h

10pm

☀️

15°

↙︎

246°

17 km/h

11pm

☀️

14°

←︎

257°

17 km/h

Hourly Swell

Building 0.7 → 1.0 m SW

12am

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

ground

1am

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

ground

2am

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

ground

3am

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

ground

4am

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

ground

5am

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

ground

6am

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

ground

7am

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

ground

8am

0.6 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

ground

9am

0.6 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

10am

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

11am

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

12pm

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

1pm

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

2pm

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

3pm

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

4pm

0.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

5pm

0.6 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

6pm

0.6 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

7pm

0.6 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

8pm

0.5 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Slight

9pm

0.7 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Slight

10pm

0.9 m

@ 6 s

↙︎

Slight

chop

11pm

1.0 m

@ 5 s

↙︎

Moderate

chop

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 17.4°

Wed

9 Sep

17.3°

Thu

10 Sep

17.5°

Fri

11 Sep

17.7°

Sat

12 Sep

17.4°

Sun

13 Sep

17.4°

Mon

14 Sep

17.4°

Tue

15 Sep

—

Wed

16 Sep

—

Thu

17 Sep

—

Fri

18 Sep

—

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h NW (303°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.

Open in the full fishing map (beta) →

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:00 am → 7:30 am

2h 30m

Good

5:00 pm → 7:30 pm

2h 30m

Good

12:00 pm → 1:30 pm

1h 30m

First light

5:36 am

Last light

6:10 pm

Sunrise

6:00 am

Sunset

5:46 pm

Moonrise

6:22 am

Moonset

7:01 pm

Low tide

4:39 am

High tide

11:00 am

Low tide

4:56 pm

High tide

11:00 pm

Species at this spot

Weekly Bite Forecast

Munglinup Beach + nearby Perth spots. Thursday 6pm — top windows, conditions, what's biting.

Free. Unsubscribe any time.