Explore Waratah Bay, Victoria, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Waratah Bay, VIC 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 Waratah Bay, Victoria, 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 Victoria or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Waratah 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 Waratah 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 | Waratah Bay |
| State | Victoria (VIC) |
| Local Government Area | South Gippsland Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -38.79831 |
| Longitude | 146.0598 |
| Population | 51 |
| Density | 5.5 /km² |
| Area | 9.2 km² |
| Elevation | 18 m |
| Postcode | 3959 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 145 km southeast |
Waratah Bay is a locality in the South Gippsland Shire local government area of Victoria, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 51. The locality covers an area of 9.2 km², giving a population density of about 5.5 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 18 m above sea level. It lies approximately 145 km southeast of Melbourne. Waratah Bay is located at 38.7983°S, 146.0598°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 3959. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Waratah Bay unfurls a long, pale ribbon of sand against the turquoise embrace of Corner Inlet, its gentle curve a welcome to the Southern Ocean. It lies 77.4 km south-south-west of Traralgon, VIC (from Traralgon, VIC: bearing 211°T), and is situated 8.1 km south of Fish Creek. The air here carries the persistent, briny whisper of the sea, mingling with the sweet, dry scent of coastal heath that tumbles down the slopes towards the water's edge. Behind the beach, low, rolling hills, a patchwork of emerald pastures and wind-sculpted tea-trees, rise to meet a sky that often hangs vast and bruised with the promise of rain. The light at dusk, a liquid gold bleeding into lavender, softens the sharp edges of the landscape, casting long shadows from the sparse, hardy trees that cling to the higher ground.
This stretch of coast, once home to Indigenous peoples for millennia, later found its purpose shaped by the hardy settlers who carved out a living from its sometimes unforgiving terrain. The local economy, once tethered more closely to sheep grazing on the surrounding farms, has increasingly found a gentle rhythm with tourism, drawing visitors seeking the quiet grandeur of the bay and the nearby Wilsons Promontory National Park. Small fishing boats, their hulls weathered by salt and sun, are a common sight in the sheltered waters, a reminder of the bay's enduring connection to the sea. While the grand ambitions of past industries have faded, a quiet resilience permeates Waratah Bay, a sense of enduring beauty found in the predictable ebb and flow of the tides and the steadfast presence of the land.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Waratah Bay, Victoria. 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 Waratah Bay, in the South Gippsland Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Waratah Bay includes the postcode (3959), telephone area code (03), and local government area (South Gippsland Shire), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional 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 Waratah 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. |