Managing Adelaide's beaches

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Coasts

The South Australian Government is delivering investment in both metropolitan and regional coasts with:

Additional sand, including sourcing around 500,000 cubic metres of external sand from outside of Adelaide for the metropolitan coastline.
Building a sand recycling pipeline from Semaphore to West Beach, as well as sand dune restoration and revegetation in partnership with local councils and community groups.
Support for regional coasts to help repair, restore and sustain them in partnership with local councils.

The State Government is also restoring lost seagrass, working with local councils to limit damaging stormwater run-off from entering Gulf St Vincent, research and development and building a new reef. Find out more here.

Find out about works on Adelaide's beaches.
Read FAQs about the Securing the Future of our Coastline project.
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Latest news

Success for relocated Kangaroo Island osprey nest

13 October 2021

Visitors may soon be able to spot osprey chicks near Bay of Shoals, on Kangaroo Island, with osprey spotted incubating eggs in a nest which was relocated earlier this year.

Give resting seals a wide berth

30 September 2021

With several recent sightings of seals and sea lions on local jetties and beaches, curious onlookers are being reminded to give the resting animals a wide berth.

Hikers, local businesses to benefit from $6 million Wild South Coast Way upgrades

30 September 2021

A spectacular new lookout on the Heysen Trail on the Fleurieu Peninsula has officially been opened as part of the first stage of the $6 million Wild South Coast Way project.

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Department for Environment and Water acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

The Department works in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and supports their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.