Altona Beach is a beach

Beach

A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...

 located in Altona, Victoria

Altona, Victoria

Altona is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Altona had a population of 9685....

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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It is a very quiet beach and safe one. It has a pier

Pier

A pier is a raised structure, including bridge and building supports and walkways, over water, typically supported by widely spread piles or pillars...

 to the West. It is best for swimmers to bathe on the eastern side of the pier, were it is safest.

Recreation

The end of Altona Pier, is a common fishing spot for many local anglers who live around the area.
The western side of the Pier is a great place for kite surfing and it is fairly common to see lots of these surfers in the water throughout the year.
Body Boarding and Surfing are not recommended at Altona Beach as for most of the year, the water is fairly flat, and small waves will only appear when a strong southerly is blowing.

Marine Life

Animals found around the beach are:

• Seagulls
• Jelly Blubber
  Jelly Blubber
  The Jelly Blubber , also known as the Blue Blubber Jellyfish, is the most commonly encountered jellyfish along the Australian eastern coast and large swarms sometimes appear in estuarine waters....
  
  
• Snapper
  Lutjanidae
  Snappers are a family of perciform fish, mainly marine but with some members inhabiting estuaries, feeding in freshwater. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper....
  
  
• Gummy Shark
  Gummy shark
  The gummy shark, Mustelus antarcticus, is a shark in the family Triakidae. It is a slender grey shark with white spots along the body and flat plate-like teeth for crushing its prey. It has a maximum length of between 157 cm and 175 cm . It feeds on crustaceans, marine worms, small fish...
  
  
• Toad Fish
• Sting Ray
• Weedy Seahorse
• Leatherjacket fish
  Leatherjacket fish
  The leatherjacket fish, skipjack or leather jack, Oligoplites saurus, is a jack and member of the Carangidae family. Leather jack may also refer to other members of the Carangidea family, such as the pilot fish....
  
  
• Thresher Shark
  Thresher shark
  Thresher sharks are large lamniform sharks of the family Alopiidae. Found in all temperate and tropical oceans of the world, the family contains three species all within the genus Alopias.-Taxonomy:...