Can dogs go on Ocean Grove Main?
Ocean Grove, City of Greater Geelong.
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The rules are written below.
Ocean Grove Main Beach between access 13W and 15W is prohibited to dogs all year under the Barwon Coast dog control orders.
Access 13W to 15W
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Dogs are prohibited all year between access 13W and 15W. On the Barwon Coast map this is the Ocean Grove stretch that includes the dog-free section of Main Beach. Neighbouring 8W to 13W is off leash all year, and 15W to 27W is the timeshare zone.
- All year
- All day: no dogs.
13W to 15W. Dogs prohibited all year.
Source: City of Greater Geelong page, checked 27 October 2026.
Also on the council page
- Barwon Coast manages this coastal Crown land. The City of Greater Geelong enforces the December 2023 dog control orders. Access numbers (7W, 15W and so on) are the zone boundaries on the Barwon Coast map.
The map pin is a guide at -38.2688, 144.5244. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
Greater Geelong: (03) 5272 5272.
Dogs in public places — City of Greater Geelong