Explore Cuttlefish Bay, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cuttlefish Bay, SA map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cuttlefish Bay, South Australia, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of South Australia or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Cuttlefish Bay and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Cuttlefish Bay.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Cuttlefish Bay |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Kangaroo Island Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -35.75303 |
| Longitude | 138.03394 |
| Population | 10 |
| Density | 0.7 /km² |
| Area | 15.1 km² |
| Elevation | 164 m |
| Postcode | 5222 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 105 km south-southwest |
Cuttlefish Bay is a locality in the Kangaroo Island Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 10. The locality covers an area of 15.1 km², giving a population density of about 0.7 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 164 m above sea level. It lies approximately 105 km south-southwest of Adelaide. Cuttlefish Bay is located at 35.7530°S, 138.0339°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5222. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Cuttlefish Bay is a place where the land meets the sea with an ancient, unbroken conversation. It lies 83.3 km south-south-west of Morphett Vale, SA (from Morphett Vale, SA: bearing 212°T), and is situated 39.6 km east-south-east of Kingscote. The coastline here is a study in muted colours and textures, a rugged embrace of weathered rock and scrubby vegetation that clings tenaciously to the slopes. Low, rounded hills, carpeted in dry grasses that turn to a pale straw in the summer heat, roll down towards the water, their forms softened by the coastal air. The bay itself is a curve of pale sand, often edged with a delicate tracery of seaweed and driftwood, a quiet inlet where the water laps with a gentle persistence. The light here, especially in the late afternoon, possesses a peculiar softness, draining the colour from the landscape and imbuing it with a contemplative mood, as if the very air holds its breath.
The history of Cuttlefish Bay is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who have scratched a living from its shores. For generations, the bounty of the sea has been the lifeblood, with small fishing boats still venturing out from its sheltered waters, their catches of whiting and snapper forming the backbone of the local economy. The land, too, has yielded its share, with sheep grazing on the sparse pastures, their wool a testament to the resilience of life in this exposed corner of the island. Evidence of earlier inhabitants can be glimpsed in the scattered shell middens along the shore, silent reminders of a deeper, older connection to this land. Today, Cuttlefish Bay draws a quiet stream of travellers, those seeking the unpretentious beauty of a coast that has not yet been overdeveloped, a place where the wind still carries the scent of salt and the distant cry of seabirds.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Cuttlefish Bay, South Australia. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Cuttlefish Bay, in the Kangaroo Island Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Cuttlefish Bay includes the postcode (5222), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Kangaroo Island Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Remote Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Cuttlefish Bay is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |