Lorne Beach

Lorne Beach is the main ocean beach fronting the town of Lorne on Louttit Bay along Victoria's Great Ocean Road in Surf Coast Shire. This long, curved sandy beach is patrolled in summer and backed by the Lorne Foreshore reserve, shops and cafes. Notable for its family-friendly swimming, surf conditions, historic Lorne Pier at its northern end, and views of the Otway hinterland, it serves as the central recreational focus of the seaside resort town.

Visitors can expect a wide, sandy, south-east facing beach on Louttit Bay with gentle to moderate surf, backed by a grassy foreshore reserve, Norfolk pines and the Great Ocean Road. The beach is patrolled by Lorne Surf Life Saving Club in summer, with flagged swimming areas near the pier. Facilities line the foreshore, with views to Lorne Pier, the Otway Ranges and coastal headlands. The area is walkable from town centre shops and cafes.

Lorne was surveyed as a town in 1869 and developed as a seaside resort from the 1870s, with Lorne Pier first built in 1879 and rebuilt after storm damage. The beach and pier have long been the focal point for tourism along the Great Ocean Road, which was constructed between 1919 and 1932.

Located on the Country of the Eastern Maar peoples, Lorne Beach is a central community and tourism gathering place for the Surf Coast region, hosting surf lifesaving activities, the annual Pier to Pub swim and foreshore markets that reflect coastal recreational culture.