Wategos Beach, Beach cove in Byron Bay, Australia

Wategos Beach is a sandy beach at Cape Byron, the easternmost point of mainland Australia, about two kilometres from Byron Bay town centre. The Marine Parade runs along the upper part of the beach and becomes Brownell Drive, while the Cape Byron Walk Track passes ten metres from the sand. Julian and Julia Rocks are visible from the beach, and Little Wategos Beach, a separate rocky beach, lies to the northeast.

Wategos Beach is named after a local Aboriginal family; the sources give no personal name or date for this. The Bundjalung people, including the Arakwal clan of about 100 members, lived in the Byron Bay area before European settlement and called the beach Currenba, after the small streams they knew as Curraby.

The Bundjalung clan of the Arakwal, about 100 people, lived in the Byron Bay area before European settlement; they called the beach Currenba, after the small streams they named Curraby. The beach itself is named after a local Aboriginal family. Surf Life Saving Australia patrols it seven days a week.

The beach has parking, showers, and picnic areas with barbecue facilities on-site. It is best visited during daylight hours when all facilities are available and conditions are safest.

Local Bundjalung people of the Arakwal clan knew the beach as Currenba, named for the many small creeks they called Curraby. The beach itself carries the name of a local Aboriginal family. Julian and Julia Rocks are visible from the sand.