The best, safest family beaches in Australia, picked for sun-loving families.
Sunkissed Beaches is a community of Aussie families sharing the beaches we actually take our own kids to, with the facilities and safety info you need before you load up the car.
Looked out for, not guessed
Every listing is checked for safety and facilities before it earns a place on the site.
Written by real families
Real, practical notes on parking, shade and facilities. The stuff that actually matters when you've got kids in tow.
Sunshine, all across Australia
From Sydney harbour beaches to quiet WA coves, we're adding more of Australia every month.
Free, always
No membership, no paywall. Just something we think Aussie families deserve.
Everything you need to plan a safe beach day
We built Sunkissed Beaches around three things our community told us they actually needed.
Safety you can trust
Patrol status, water conditions and hazards, explained in plain English, sourced from official lifesaving and council data.
Family-first facilities
Toilets, shade, parking, playgrounds and cafés. The details that decide whether a beach day actually works.
Local parent insight
Every listing is written the way one parent would tell another: honest, specific, and actually useful.
A few of our top family picks
Curated, verified, and updated every season. Here's a taste of what's inside the full directory.
Caves Beach
Sea caves to explore at low tide, a patrolled swim zone, and a café right on the sand.
Caves Beach
Sea caves to explore at low tide, a patrolled swim zone, and a café right on the sand.
Cottesloe Beach
Calm surf thanks to offshore reefs, stunning sunsets, and easy train access.
Trusted by parents around the country
"We used the directory on a trip to Port Stephens and it saved us from three beaches with zero shade. Exactly what we needed with a toddler."
"Moved to Perth and had no idea which beaches were actually patrolled. This was the first resource that just answered the question plainly."
"Love that it's not trying to sell me anything. Just useful info on where to take the grandkids that won't wear me out."
Built by families, for families having a beach day.
Sunkissed Beaches started with a simple frustration: "top 10 beaches" lists that were really just tourism marketing, with no real answers about safety, shade or whether a pram could even get to the sand. We set out to build something warmer: a place where sun-loving families share what we actually know, not a website pretending to know it all.
Carefully curated by SunPlay Australia, with insight from our Australian beach community.
Read our full storyFind your family's next sun-kissed beach day.
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