Boat ramps near Airlie Beach
We list 10 boat ramps within 25 km of Airlie Beach, QLD. Recorded facilities: 2 with toilets, 5 with car or trailer parking.
State records and OpenStreetMap give a lane count for 7 of the 10 ramps listed around Airlie Beach, and 4 of those are recorded with 2 lanes or more. Car parking is recorded at 5 ramps and a pontoon at the ramp at 5. Launch fees are not part of the data for this page.
The closest ramp is an unnamed one at Airlie Beach, 0.6 km from the mapped town centre, followed by Coral Sea Marina Boatramp and Port of Airlie Boat Ramp. Mandalay and Shute Harbour lie further out, and the Proserpine River ramp on Conway Road is 20.4 km away. Every ramp on the list falls in the Whitsunday council area.
Highlights
Most launching lanes
- Coral Sea Marina Boatramp 2 lanes
- Port of Airlie Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Whisper Bay Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Shute Harbour, Shute Harbour Road 2 lanes
Most facilities recorded
- Coral Sea Marina Boatramp 5 facilities
- Shute Harbour, Shute Harbour Road 5 facilities
- Whisper Bay Boat Ramp 4 facilities
- Port of Airlie Boat Ramp 3 facilities
- Proserpine River, Conway Road 3 facilities
Facilities recorded at the ramp or mapped within 150 m.
Largest car parks
- Proserpine River, Conway Road 75 spaces
- Port of Airlie Boat Ramp 74 spaces
- Whisper Bay Boat Ramp 46 spaces
- Coral Sea Marina Boatramp 18 spaces
- Shute Harbour, Shute Harbour Road 15 spaces
Parking spaces recorded by Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads.
Pontoon at the ramp
- Coral Sea Marina Boatramp 2 lanes
- Port of Airlie Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Whisper Bay Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Shute Harbour, Shute Harbour Road 2 lanes
- Proserpine River, Conway Road 1 lane
Sorted by launching lanes, then distance.
Usable at all tides
- Coral Sea Marina Boatramp 2 lanes
- Port of Airlie Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Shute Harbour, Shute Harbour Road 2 lanes
- Shingley Beach, Abell Point Marina 1 lane
- Mandalay, Mandalay Road
Not tide limited (Queensland TMR). Sorted by launching lanes, then distance.
All listed ramps
| Boat ramp, Airlie Beach | 0.6 km | Map | ||||||
| Coral Sea Marina Boatramp | 0.7 km | 2 | No | 18 spaces | Yes | All tides | Free | Map |
| Port of Airlie Boat Ramp | 0.9 km | 2 | No | 74 spaces | Yes | All tides | Free | Map |
| Shingley Beach, Abell Point Marina | 1.1 km | 1 | No | All tides | Map | |||
| Whisper Bay Boat Ramp | 1.5 km | 2 | Yes | 46 spaces | Yes | Tide limited | Map | |
| Mandalay, Mandalay Road | 2.2 km | No | All tides | Map | ||||
| Shute Harbour, Shute Harbour Road | 7.5 km | 2 | Yes | 15 spaces | Yes | All tides | Map | |
| Boat ramp, Earlando | 20 km | Map | ||||||
| Proserpine River, Conway Road | 20 km | 1 | No | 75 spaces | Yes | Tide limited | Map | |
| Wilson Beach, Wilson Beach Road | 23 km | 1 | No | Tide limited | Map |
Blank cells: not recorded in the source data. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Airlie Beach, up to 25 km. Parking spaces are counted by Transport for NSW, the WA Department of Transport or Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads; "Yes" means parking is recorded without a count. Tides: water access at all times or tide limited, as recorded by Transport for NSW or Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads. Map links open OpenStreetMap at the ramp. Click a column heading to sort.
Questions and answers
How many boat ramps are there near Airlie Beach?
Boat Ramp Spots lists 10 boat ramps within 25 km of Airlie Beach: 2 with toilets recorded and 5 with parking recorded.
What is the nearest boat ramp to Airlie Beach?
Boat ramp, Airlie Beach, about 0.6 km in a straight line from the centre of Airlie Beach.
Which boat ramp near Airlie Beach has the most launching lanes?
4 ramps share the most launching lanes recorded (2): Coral Sea Marina Boatramp; Port of Airlie Boat Ramp; Shute Harbour, Shute Harbour Road, among others.
Which boat ramps near Airlie Beach have a pontoon?
A pontoon at the ramp is recorded at 5 ramps, including Coral Sea Marina Boatramp; Shute Harbour, Shute Harbour Road; Whisper Bay Boat Ramp.
Can I launch at any tide near Airlie Beach?
Yes, at 5 ramps within 25 km of Airlie Beach: state records list them as usable at all tides (including Coral Sea Marina Boatramp; Shute Harbour, Shute Harbour Road; Port of Airlie Boat Ramp). 3 ramps are recorded as tide limited. For the other 2 ramps the tide range is not recorded. Source: tide limits recorded by Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads; check tides before you go.
Do I have to pay to launch a boat near Airlie Beach?
No launch fee is recorded at any listed ramp within 25 km of Airlie Beach. Free launching is recorded at 2 ramps: Coral Sea Marina Boatramp and Port of Airlie Boat Ramp. For the other 8 ramps no fee information is recorded. Fee information comes from the fee tag on OpenStreetMap; check with the ramp manager.
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