Can dogs go on St Kilda?
St Kilda, City of Port Phillip.
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The rules are written below.
This status is only for Along Pier Road to the drainage channel at the north-west end of Pier Road. Each stretch below has its own status.
Can dogs go on St Kilda Beach? In summer only two signed stretches of sand are open, all day. The rest of St Kilda Beach sand is closed from 1 November to 31 March. West Beach, from the Pier Road drain to the West Beach Pavilion, is no dogs at all times.
This beach is published as more than one stretch. Read the one that matches the signs in front of you.
Along Pier Road to the drainage channel at the north-west end of Pier Road
The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.
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From 1 November to 31 March, dogs are allowed on this sand with no extra clock limit. The off-leash map treats the signed summer sand as off leash. Dogs cannot go on the sand anywhere else on St Kilda Beach in summer, apart from the Brooks Jetty stretch.
From 1 April to 31 October, Council says dogs are allowed on the sand. Those rules are published on the dog off-leash map, and a dog must be put back on a leash before it leaves the sand. This tool shows that winter period as off leash. Greyhounds must stay on a leash everywhere, including off-leash sand. Paths and boardwalks are on leash. Keep dogs 5 metres from playgrounds, barbecues and exercise equipment.
- 1 November to 31 March
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
- 1 April to 31 October
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
1 November to 31 March - Dogs allowed on sand along Pier Road to the drainage channel at the north-west end of Pier Rd and between Brooks Jetty and the northern end of the car park at St Kilda Marina.
Source: City of Port Phillip page, checked 27 October 2026.
Brooks Jetty to the northern end of the car park at St Kilda Marina
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From 1 November to 31 March, dogs are allowed on this sand with no extra clock limit. The off-leash map treats the signed summer sand as off leash.
From 1 April to 31 October, Council says dogs are allowed on the sand. Those rules are published on the dog off-leash map, and a dog must be put back on a leash before it leaves the sand. This tool shows that winter period as off leash. Greyhounds must stay on a leash everywhere, including off-leash sand. Paths and boardwalks are on leash. Keep dogs 5 metres from playgrounds, barbecues and exercise equipment.
- 1 November to 31 March
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
- 1 April to 31 October
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
Dogs allowed on sand … between Brooks Jetty and the northern end of the car park at St Kilda Marina.
Source: City of Port Phillip page, checked 27 October 2026.
Anywhere else on St Kilda Beach sand
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From 1 November to 31 March, dogs cannot go on the sand anywhere else on St Kilda Beach.
Except West Beach from the Pier Road drain to the West Beach Pavilion: no dogs at any time.
From 1 April to 31 October, Council says dogs are allowed on the sand. Those rules are published on the dog off-leash map, and a dog must be put back on a leash before it leaves the sand. This tool shows that winter period as off leash. Greyhounds must stay on a leash everywhere, including off-leash sand. Paths and boardwalks are on leash. Keep dogs 5 metres from playgrounds, barbecues and exercise equipment.
- 1 November to 31 March
- All day: no dogs.
- 1 April to 31 October
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
Dogs cannot go on sand anywhere else on St Kilda Beach.
Source: City of Port Phillip page, checked 27 October 2026.
West Beach, Pier Road drain to West Beach Pavilion
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Order No. 5, Schedule 2, Beach I prohibits dogs at all times on West Beach, St Kilda, from the Pier Road drainage channel to the West Beach Pavilion. This is not the winter off-leash rule on the rest of St Kilda sand, and it is not St Kilda West (Beach B), which stays off leash all year.
- All year
- All day: no dogs.
Beach I. West Beach, St Kilda, from the Pier Road drainage channel to the West Beach Pavilion. Dogs prohibited Always.
Source: City of Port Phillip page, checked 27 October 2026.
Also on the council page
- Greyhounds must stay on a leash, including on off-leash sand.
- The map pin is the beach, not the groyne-to-groyne boundary. Read the zone that matches the signs where you are standing.
- West Beach dunes, beside the St Kilda foreshore, are environmentally sensitive and dogs are not allowed on the dune area at any time of year.
The map pin is a guide at -37.8679, 144.9742. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
Dog parks and beaches — City of Port Phillip