Ranked by the OnlyBeaches Index (OBI) — a 1-10 score blending water purity, conditions, crowd levels and vibe. Updated every 30 minutes.
Balgal Beach
A major northern Townsville-area beach and a key high-value mainland inclusion.
Bushland Beach
Townsville’s best-known northern suburban beach adds important practical coverage beyond the core foreshore.
Bushland North Beach
A legitimate northern extension beach identity that broad extractions often miss or collapse into Bushland Beach.
Cape Pallarenda Beach
A smaller named beach area near Pallarenda that map-led datasets often merge away.
Cungulla Beach
A worthwhile southern Townsville-region beach that expands coverage to the lower mainland coast.
Five Mile Beach
A distinctive long mainland beach that strengthens the region beyond the urban core.
Pallarenda Beach
A major Townsville beach with strong local recognition and foreshore value.
Rowes Bay
One of the city’s defining foreshore beaches and an important part of the mainland coastal set.
Saunders Beach
A low-key mainland beach with real local use that is often overshadowed by Bushland and Balgal.
The Strand Beach
Townsville’s signature beachfront is the region’s essential mainland must-have.
Toolakea Beach
A real named coastal beach north of Bushland that should not be lost inside generic shoreline mapping.
Toomulla Beach
A meaningful northern coastal beach with genuine local value and clean geographic fit.
Townsville sits in Queensland, Australia and is home to 12 ranked beaches on OnlyBeaches. Every beach here is scored by the OnlyBeaches Index — a 1-10 metric blending water purity, live conditions (waves, water temperature, wind), crowd intelligence and vibe.
Whether you're after the highest-scoring beach in Townsville or a quieter hidden cove, the list above is refreshed every 30 minutes using live Stormglass and OpenWeather data.
