Coffin Bay - town in South Australia

Coffin Bay is a town on the Eyre Peninsula, just under an hours drive from Port Lincoln.

Understand

The bay's name is another legacy of Matthew Flinders, who named the town after his friend Sir Isaac Coffin.

The town has calm water, boating and fishing. It is a popular summer tourist destination on the peninsula.

Get in

Coffin Bay is just off the Flinders Highway and is well signposted from Port Lincoln and surrounding areas. There is no public transport to Coffin Bay. The closest airport and coach service is in Port Lincoln, where you can hire a car. Coffin Bay is around 8 hours drive from Adelaide and 40 minutes from Port Lincoln.

Get around

There is a nice walkway around the shoreline. There is no public transport.

See

• Coffin Bay - National and conservation parks. Coffin Bay National Park is to the west of the town. Kellidie Bay Conservation Park is to the east. The Coffin Bay National Park has a diverse coastal landscape with high windswept cliffs, sand dunes, sheltered waters for boating and swimming and long white beaches. The parks are home to an abundance of birds, wildlife, wildflowers, sheoaks and black tea trees. You need to buy a ticket when entering.

20 km of sealed road leading outward from the town entrance provides easy access to picturesque local destinations.

• Avoid Bay
• Point Avoid
• Almonta Beach
• Yangie camping ground

Do

Buy

There is an ATM in the general store, which will dispense up to $200.

There is a pizza place.

• Art and Craft Market.

Eat

The town is world famous for Coffin Bay Oysters. You can see the Oyster farms on the drive into town and sample fresh ones in the restaurants.

• Oysterbeds serve delicious local seafood. Their pepper baked Tuna is fantastic.

Drink

Sleep

• Coffin Bay Hotel, cnr Shepherd Avenue and Jubilee Drive, -34.621755°, 135.461428°, +61 8 8685 4111. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM. 2021-07-10

Connect

Telstra has strong 4G and 3G coverage. Optus has only 4G, but is patchy with some areas having no coverage. Vodafone is hopeless here.

Go next

• Lock
• Elliston
• Port Augusta
• Whyalla
• Arno Bay
• Tumby Bay
• Port Lincoln