Frankston Beach - Melbourne

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Description

Frankston is a popular Port Phillip Bay beach 41 Kms south-east of Melbourne's CBD. It consists of a long stretch of sandy beach and features a 200m pier popular with fisherman and sightseers. The entire beach is around 2km long, 400m south of the pier is a rocky headland, while appox 1.5km north is the start of Seaford Beach.
Kananook Creek, which runs into the bay just north of Frankston Pier, has a concrete boat ramp and boat hire facilities. The creek runs north around 100m inland from the coast, creating a Kilometre long stretch of foreshore that is surrounded by water on 3 sides.
Frankston Beach is popular with sunbathers, swimmers, fisherman, jet skiers and sailors.

Name

Frankston Beach, like nearby suburbs including Cranbourne, Hastings and Mornington, was most likely named by Surveyor-General Andrew Clarke in the 1850's after a British General.

Frankston Beach Map

Frankston Beach has volunteer lifesavers that patrol the beach on weekends from Nov-April

Toilets

Outdoor Coldwater Showers

Picnic area with electric BBQs

Electric BBQs

Fishing from Frankston pier is popular. Fish targeted include

Concrete boat ramp at the river.

Sofia Restaurant is on the beach near the pier, while Waves on the Beach is a couple of hundred metres north.

Waves on the beach is a café on the sand a couple of hundred metres north of the pier

Sunbathing is very popular on Frankston Beach on hot summer days.

There is no ocean swell on this beach, so it is usually calm for swimming.

Most fishing is done from the pier. You can also hire boats near the river.

Jetsking is popular

Frankston Pier