Tumby Bay is arguably one of the best holiday places!
Just right at the end of Tumby Bay's main street sparkles the ocean. Flowing into the Bay, it has defined the history, and flavours the present of this uniquely beautiful Tumby Bay. It brought the first settlers keen to take advantage of the farming potentials, and it continues to attract people to Tumby Bay.
Clear, clean Gulf waters carry an abundance of marine life and seafoods. Tumby Bay's temperate climate, people, agriculture and farming flourish, and the area offers a coastal playground for boating, fishing and beach enjoyments, with urban convenience settled within a peaceful rural spaciousness.
It’s a welcoming environment for travellers who choose Tumby Bay as a base from which to appreciate the diversity of Eyre Peninsula experiences and pursuits within close range of the town’s comforts. For modern pioneers seeking a lifestyle change, Tumby Bay also provides rich potentials for a safe and healthy prosperity, free of pressures and encroachments.
Whether it is holiday or haven you have in mind, Tumby Bay offers a friendly and peaceful opportunity to relax and enjoy with the locals.
Tumby Bay is an idyllic location to base your Eyre Peninsula holiday, with amazing fishing opportunities, site-seeing day trips to Coffin Bay National Park, the wild west coast, the City of Port Lincoln, and the picturesque, rolling Koppio Hills, just to name a few.
Being the gateway to the Sir Joseph Banks Group of Islands, Tumby Bay is a favourite spot amongst the fishing and boating community. The famous King George whiting is highly sort after, with snapper, snook, squid and garfish also being plentiful around the islands and closer to shore.
Tumby Bay has all the facilities for a holiday getaway:
- 2 popular Hotels serving great meals and cold beer. Seabreeze and Tumby Bay Hotel.
- The Ritz Cafe is a fantastic waterfront cafe to sit an enjoy the views of Tumby Bay
- IGA open 7 days stocking everything you may require from fresh fruit and vegetables, meats and holiday snacks.
- Butcher with country killed local produce
- A busy take-a-way with fresh fish and chips, burgers and wood fire pizza on the weekends.
- Award winning bakery with amazing pies and pasties and delightful cakes and buns
- 3 Service stations with the full range of gas and premium petrol
- Long jetty great for fishing all year round and swimming in the summer
- Senior Citizen club with friendly welcoming atmosphere
- Sporting clubs with great facilities, including, croquet, lawn bowls, cricket, tennis, football and golf
- for more information about services in Tumby Bay, visit Tumby.com.au
Tumby Bay Climate
Due to the insulating effect of the surrounding hills and ocean waters, Tumby Bay experiences a delightful Mediterranean climate, which is on average a degree or two warmer than Adelaide in winter and 3-5 degrees cooler than Adelaide during the hot summer months.
Tumby Bays average rainfall is 488mm or 19 inches, which falls mainly during the winter months.
Warm summers, mild winters and balmy weather during autumn and spring, make Tumby Bay an all year destination for touring, fishing, sailing and other recreational pursuits.
Tumby Bay History
Tumby Bay was given the name by Captain Matthew Flinders in 1802, and by the 1840's settlers began arriving into the region and farmed the area predominantly in sheep and wheat. Tumby Bay grew to be an important storage and loading point to support the surrounding area, and in 1874 a jetty was built which provided an outlet for the copper ore being mined close by. The name Tumby was proclaimed on the 15th of November 1900, and on June 14, 1984 the town officially became known as Tumby Bay.
Port Lincoln is a short 30 minute drive from Tumby Bay and is a great day drive. Read more about Port Lincoln.
