Coastal management
Local councils are responsible for managing the risk to people, towns, and infrastructure from coastal hazards.
Council manages Eurobodalla's coastal hazards by reducing or avoiding damage caused by coastal storms. This includes beach erosion, inundation from storm surges, and longer-term processes such as sea level rise.
Our coastal management programs set out our long-term objectives and plans for Eurobodalla's coastal zone from 2023 to 2033.
Open Coast Coastal Management Program+
- Focus: Beaches and headlands.
This program helps to ensure we manage and develop our coast in a way that protects natural features and supports ongoing growth. - Status: Council adopted the program on 13 December 2022 and the NSW Minister for Local Government certified it on 2 March 2023.
- Project: Batemans Bay coastal protection works.
Download
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 1 (7.9 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 2 scoping study (17.8 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 3 vulnerability assessment and maps (3.6 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 3A vulnerability maps (6.2 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 4 coincident inundation maps (18.3 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 5 coastal inundation maps (10.6 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 6 coastal inundation maps (9.0 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 7 coastal inundation maps (11.3 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 8 erosion tidal and cliff instability maps (10.3 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 9 appendices - study and assumptions (16.4 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 10 appendices - transport model (7.8 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 11 community stakeholder engagement (1.9 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 12 viability summary and costing options (5.7 MB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 13 coastal hazard code (382.8 KB)
- Eurobodalla Open Coast Coastal Management Program: Part 14 coastal zone emergency action subplan (9.9 MB)
Estuarine Coastal Management Program+
- Focus: Moruya River, Mummaga Lake, Wagonga Inlet.
This is a standalone plan for the management of our estuaries. Estuaries are critical environmental features. They hold ecological, cultural, economic, aesthetic, and recreational value for us all. - Status: Council adopted the program at the ordinary Council Meeting on 25 October 2022.
- Details: Estuarine Coastal Management Program.
Wharf Road Coastal Zone Management Plan+
- Focus: Wharf Road area, the northern sandy shoreline of Batemans Bay.
The plan outlines our management aims, objectives, and actions to protect and enhance the Wharf Road area. - Status: The Minister for the Environment certified the plan on 4 June 2018.
The Open Coast Coastal Management Program includes recommendations from the Wharf Road CZMP. - Details: Wharf Road Coastal Zone Management Plan.
Coastal Hazards Scoping Study+
- Focus: Identify areas that are most at risk from coastal hazards and need a management response in the coastal management program.
The study's recommendations inform the management responses in the Open Coast Coastal Management Program. - Status: Council adopted the study in January 2011.
- Details: Coastal Hazards Scoping Study.
How we manage our coast
The role of Eurobodalla's traditional custodians
We work closely with the traditional custodians of Eurobodalla who have always managed this land. This involves meeting with traditional owners, local Aboriginal land councils, Elders, and knowledge holders about managing our coast and its hazards.
Watch and connect
We have captured some of our Aboriginal community's values and contributions to managing Eurobodalla's coast and sea.
Aboriginal engagement and coastal management+
Learn why it's important to involve Aboriginal community members in coastal management.
Aboriginal connection and coastal management+
Learn about the Aboriginal community's connection to Eurobodalla's coastal waters and its management.
Contact us
If you need more information about any of our coastal studies, contact our Coastal and Flood Management Planner:
- T: 02 4474 1000
- E: Council