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Safety Bay and Warnbro Sound
DoT South Metropolitan Boating Guide
Perth Local Waters Forecast
Rockingham Forecast
Marine Rescue Rockingham
Based at Point Peron monitoring from Kwinana Beach and Garden Island down to Secret Harbour
Operating hours 0600 to 1800 7 days
VHF: Channels 16, 72, 73, 81, 82
Preferred communications for Logging On and Off is VHF Ch 72 or Tel (08) 9527 9988.
Port Kennedy
Google Maps 3D view looking NNW.
Positioned at the southern end of Warnbro Sound this is quite possibly the nicest ramp you will ever encounter. Quiet, lots of space, and a nice sandy beach to pull your boat up onto from either of the two ramps. However it is somewhat isolated. A good toilet block but no cafe nearby.
A nice excursion is to sail northwards across the sound towards Safety Bay and Penguin Island, across the bar, and into Shoalwater Bay. However if the sea breeze comes in one has an upwind work to get back to the ramp.
An alternate trip to try might be to head west around Becher Point across the shallows inside the reef and head south into Comet Bay, possibly as far as Mandurah. You would then have the sea breeze to take you back again.
Safety Bay Ramp
Google Maps 3D view looking east.
Have not used this ramp. Its location is ideal for exploring Safety Bay and into Shoalwater Bay however its parking and rigging area is limited. Cafe over the road. Some shallows to negotiate getting in and out of the ramp.