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 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Adelaide

Forecast updated 10:45pm ACDT

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📍 Sellicks Beach

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Weather: Rainy Wind: W 275° · 8 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 10 s W Water: 17.9 °C Pressure: 1018.1 hPa → steady Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: onshore

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Medium Fish Activity

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At the day's peak · 8:00 pm

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Time of day Dusk

Tide Slack

Wind SE 15 km/h

Moon first quarter all day

Water temp 17.9 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 6:01 am Last light 8:01 pm

Low 12:00 am High 7:48 am Low 10:20 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

7:30 pm → 9:30 pm

Good

5:30 am → 9:30 am

First light

6:01 am

Last light

8:01 pm

Sunrise

6:27 am

Sunset

7:35 pm

Moonrise

1:31 pm

Moonset

3:03 am

Low tide

12:00 am

High tide

7:48 am

Low tide

10:20 pm

Hourly Wind

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Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days

Sat

17 Oct

17.0°

Sun

18 Oct

17.3°

Mon

19 Oct

17.3°

Tue

20 Oct

17.9°

Wed

21 Oct

18.2°

Thu

22 Oct

18.8°

Fri

23 Oct

18.4°

Sat

24 Oct

17.8°

Sun

25 Oct

17.8°

Mon

26 Oct

17.5°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 8 km/h W (275°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

7:30 pm → 9:30 pm

Good

5:30 am → 9:30 am

First light

6:01 am

Last light

8:01 pm

Sunrise

6:27 am

Sunset

7:35 pm

Moonrise

1:31 pm

Moonset

3:03 am

Low tide

12:00 am

High tide

7:48 am

Low tide

10:20 pm

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