Can you drive on Sellicks Beach?

Yes, all year. Vehicle access runs 5.30am to 11.59pm at 10 km/h through approved ramp entries, on hard sand only. It costs $12 at the ramp or nothing with a free City of Onkaparinga resident permit, ramps are monitored from December to March, and unauthorised entry then costs $312.50. The 1 May to 30 September winter closure applies to Aldinga Beach south of its ramp, not to Sellicks.

What can you catch at Sellicks Beach?

Australian salmon are the drawcard from about April to September, taken on salted pilchards soaked in a gutter or 20 to 60 g metal lures walked along the sand, with fish from a kilo up to 3 kg along this coast. Yelloweye mullet run the same months and the regional calendar adds flathead from April to August. King George whiting are a boat catch launched off the beach rather than a shore one.

Is there a boat ramp at Sellicks Beach?

There is a beach launch at the end of Sellicks Beach Road that the regional tourism body rates for reaching deeper water and King George whiting. Treat it as a sand launch rather than a harbour ramp — no source describes lanes, pontoons or a trailer park, and the beach is exposed to the sea breeze.

What fishing gear rules apply at Sellicks Beach?

Sellicks lies inside the Adelaide metropolitan shark fishing area. From 5am to 9pm daily, out to 500 m seaward of mean high water springs, wire traces are banned, and so are monofilament traces over 1 mm, hooks longer than 56 mm or with a gape over 23 mm, and hooks ganged by threading the point of one through the eye of another. Use single hooks inside those dimensions. Southern calamari and garfish are closed in the Gulf St Vincent zone, and snapper is closed until 30 June 2027.

Is Sellicks Beach patrolled?

No. The patrolled beaches on this coast are Aldinga Beach, Moana, Port Noarlunga, South Port and Christies Beach, from October to April. Sellicks is not on that list, so swim and fish accordingly, keep clear of the cliffs and watch the tide if you have driven onto the sand.

Bite Compass

Bite Forecast

Sellicks Beach

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Adelaide

Forecast updated Fri 16 Oct, 11:57pm ACDT

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Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 177° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 9 s W Water: 16.6 °C Pressure: 1027.4 hPa → steady Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: cross-shore

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Medium Fish Activity

▸ Why this score?

At the day's peak · 6:00 am

Solunar Between windows

Time of day Dawn

Tide Moving

Wind S 10 km/h

Moon new all day

Water temp 16.6 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 6:11 am Last light 7:54 pm

High 5:32 am Low 12:06 pm High 5:57 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:00 am → 7:30 am

2h 30m

Good

6:30 pm → 8:30 pm

Good

2:30 pm → 3:30 pm

Good

2:30 am → 3:30 am

First light

6:11 am

Last light

7:54 pm

Sunrise

6:36 am

Sunset

7:29 pm

Moonrise

7:34 am

Moonset

10:15 pm

High tide

5:32 am

Low tide

12:06 pm

High tide

5:57 pm

Low tide

11:39 pm

Hourly Wind

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Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days

Sat

10 Oct

16.1°

Sun

11 Oct

16.3°

Mon

12 Oct

16.5°

Tue

13 Oct

16.6°

Wed

14 Oct

16.6°

Thu

15 Oct

16.6°

Fri

16 Oct

16.8°

Sat

17 Oct

17.0°

Sun

18 Oct

17.3°

Mon

19 Oct

17.2°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h S (177°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:00 am → 7:30 am

2h 30m

Good

6:30 pm → 8:30 pm

Good

2:30 pm → 3:30 pm

Good

2:30 am → 3:30 am

First light

6:11 am

Last light

7:54 pm

Sunrise

6:36 am

Sunset

7:29 pm

Moonrise

7:34 am

Moonset

10:15 pm

High tide

5:32 am

Low tide

12:06 pm

High tide

5:57 pm

Low tide

11:39 pm

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