Norman Beach

Norman Beach is the main ocean beach at Tidal River settlement within Wilsons Promontory National Park in southern Victoria. Fronting Norman Bay, it is a long, sandy, sheltered beach backed by dunes and the Tidal River precinct. It is notable as the most accessible and family-friendly beach in the national park, patrolled in summer, offering safe swimming, scenic views to Mount Oberon and Norman Island, and proximity to campgrounds and visitor facilities.

Visitors can expect a wide, sandy beach on the sheltered waters of Norman Bay at the Tidal River hub of Wilsons Promontory National Park. The beach is backed by dunes, coastal scrub and the Tidal River campground and visitor precinct. The foreshore is open and flat with views to Mount Oberon, Norman Island and the Promontory headlands. Visitors can swim, walk along the sand, photograph the bay, picnic and access nearby walking tracks. Lifeguard patrols operate in peak summer periods.

Norman Beach fronts Norman Bay within Wilsons Promontory National Park, reserved as a national park in 1898 and one of Victoria's oldest national parks. The Tidal River settlement developed as the park's main visitor hub with camping and recreation facilities serving the beach.

Wilsons Promontory is part of the Country of the Gunaikurnai and Bunurong peoples, with long-standing Aboriginal connection to the coastal landscape. The beach and bay are valued for nature-based recreation and coastal appreciation within the national park.