Chance Bay

A couple km’s walk from Whitehaven. I’d pick this as the camping spot and then do day trips to Whitehaven - it’s much more peaceful and heaps of coral to see. We watched eagles/hawks catching fish.

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gorgeous bay with crystal clear water. perfect anchor from mid sept on when the northerlies start to blow, this is well sheltered. of course very exposed though from the south. enough room to anchor 50 boats, so always room, small craft can get in very close, its quiet deep but there are bombies around so be very careful anchoring in close. beach is great, and u can hike over to whitehaven if u want to stretch your legs. reasonably close to Hamo, and just around the corner from Whitehaven, so this is a convenient place to anchor. we had some friends fly in and even came here just for the afternoon and dinner one time, although heading back to hamo in the dark is a bit sketchy, wouldn't recommend it, and probably wouldn't do it again unless i had to. caught a nice long tail tuna right out the front of chance bay towards the end of sept. tuna were jumping everywhere so threw a lure in chased them around a bit and reeled in a beauty. anyway one of the best places in the whitsunday group to overnight, but only once the southerlies have finished. i'd recommend to wear at least a rashy though in the water, no one does in sept but i saw with my own eyes an irikanji caught at chance bay in sept. swam up to the light at the back of a boat and a family caught it in a large jar. be rare in sept but be aware they are around. 👍😀

Camped for 5 nights at this gorgeous location, need to be planned to bring everything you need, pit open air loo and picnic table provided by Nat Parks. Nice walk to Whithaven beach was great on the SE windy day. Some good snorkeling down at Turtle Bay and even spotted loads of marine life in Chance Bay.

A gorgeous inlet perfect to swim, snorkel, hike, relax and take in the scenery when a Northerly blows in. 💜🌴🛥⚓⛵🏝💋

Omg, in northerly winds this is the go to bay, anchor close in, plenty of depth however watch for reef!

Beautiful. Even if did find a dead baby Humpback.

Great walk over to Whitehaven beach and a great little bay to drop anchor for the night.

No spectacular as Whitehaven but amazing and relaxing.

Stunning

Very nice beach

Nice

Beautiful place

Campsites fairly close to each other, no covered picnic tables but two there. Nice walk to Whitehaven Beach.