Kayak camping, tides & launches: Whitsundays & Great Barrier Reef: Bowen to Mackay
Whitsundays & Great Barrier Reef: Bowen to Mackay: Coastal paddling with 42 campsites, 45 boat launches and 4 tide stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (6 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.
Campsites
From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 2 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (🛶). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.
Fee or reservation (8)
- Ben Lomond Station camping
- Chance Bay
- Eton Hotel (no facilties)
- Eton Hotel (w/facilities)
- Jaxut camping area
- Mycow Freedom Campground
- Platypus Bushcamp
- Wintermoon Way Camping Oasis
Fees not recorded (check locally) (26)
- Ball Bay Camping Reserve
- Bloodwood Camp
- Broken River Bush Camp
- Camp Kanga
- Camp site 1 Bowarri yamba (Moon camp)
- Camp site 2 Dhula yamba (Tree camp)
- Camping
- Camping St Helen
- Captains Crossing
- Crediton Hall Campground
- EJ stealth camp
- Eungella Dam
- Explorers’ Haven
- Fern Flat
- Finch Hatton Showgrounds
- free camping
- Glen Erin Farm Stay
- Lake Proserpine Camp Area
- Rainforest Campsite
- Repulse Creek Camp
- Sandy Bay camping area
- St Helens Camping Reserve
- Tancred Island Camping Area 🛶
- The Diggings
- Tourist Park
- Whitehaven Beach 🛶
Tide stations
Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.
Boat launches
- Bucasia Boat Ramp
- Constant Creek Boatramp
- Coral Sea Marina Boatramp
- Greys Bay
- Mackay Boat Ramp
- Port of Airlie Boat Ramp
- Queens Beach Boat Ramp
- Whisper Bay Boat Ramp
- Yasso Point
Plus 34 unnamed launches on the map.
Camping and tides in Australia
Tides in Queensland come from the Queensland Government (based on Bureau of Meteorology predictions); in New South Wales and Tasmania they are predicted from gauge readings (Sydney and Spring Bay, via UHSLC) or modelled from satellite data (EOT20) between gauges, not official predictions. Many islands are national park with booked campsites (Queensland Parks e-permits). Watch for marine stingers in summer and crocodiles in the north, and check the Bureau of Meteorology coastal forecast. All Australia regions.
Download for GPS and other map apps
42 campsites and 42 boat launches as GPX (GPS units, Gaia GPS, OsmAnd) or KML (Google Earth, Google My Maps).