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title: "Sealers Cove campsite booking guide"
short_title: "Booking Sealers Cove"
subtitle: "The Prom's most wanted beach camp: what's there, how to book it, when dates open, and what to do when it's full."
description: "Sealers Cove campsite booking explained: how to book with Parks Victoria, the fee, release dates, the two-night limit, and what to do when it's full."
published: "2026-11-04"
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## Sealers Cove campsite booking at a glance

The Sealers Cove campsite is a hike-in camping area on the east coast of
Wilsons Promontory, and you can't just turn up: Parks Victoria requires an
advance booking for every night you camp there. You book online through the
Wilsons Prom overnight hiking booking page, per person rather than per tent,
and you can stay up to two nights in a row. It's the most popular camp on the
[Wilsons Prom Southern Circuit](/locations/wilsons-prom-southern-circuit), so
summer weekends go early. Full doesn't mean gone for good, though.

| | |
|---|---|
| Where to book | [Wilsons Prom overnight hiking bookings](https://bookings.parks.vic.gov.au/wilsons-prom-overnight-hiking) (Parks Victoria), or 13 19 63 |
| Booking needed? | Yes, for every overnight stay |
| How it's priced | Per person, per night (not per tent site) |
| Fee | $8.10 per adult, per night (half-price camping rate) |
| Maximum stay | Two consecutive nights |
| Maximum group | 12 people |
| Getting there | On foot only, about 10 km from Telegraph Saddle |
| Waitlist | None. Cancelled spots go straight back online |

## The campsite: what's at Sealers Cove

Sealers Cove is a long golden beach with clear water, sheltered from the
prevailing winds, and the camping area sits just back from it with plenty of
shade. Facilities are simple:

- **Toilets** in the campground.
- **Water** from the creek. It's untreated, so filter or treat everything you
  drink, and don't count on supply.
- **No fires.** Fires aren't permitted anywhere in Wilsons Promontory National
  Park at any time, and on Total Fire Ban days camp stoves aren't allowed
  either. Pack food you can eat cold.
- **No dogs, bikes or generators.**
- **No camping on the beach.** You camp in the camping area, which you reach by
  crossing Sealers Creek.

That creek crossing is the bit to plan around. Parks Victoria recommends
crossing at low tide, so check the tide times for your arrival day. Our
[Southern Circuit packing list](/guides/what-to-pack-wilsons-prom-southern-circuit)
covers the rest of what to carry.

## How to book Sealers Cove

1. **Open the overnight hiking booking page.** Sealers Cove is booked on
   Parks Victoria's Wilsons Prom overnight hiking page, not the Tidal River
   campground booking. You can also call 13 19 63.
2. **Book a place for every person.** Overnight hikes are booked per head
   rather than per campsite, which is how Parks Victoria keeps the toilets and
   water up to the number of people using them.
3. **Book every night of your trip.** One or two nights at Sealers Cove, plus
   each other camp you'll use. Each camp has the same two-consecutive-night
   limit, and the group limit is 12.
4. **Carry your booking.** Overnight hikers need their booking with them at all
   times; a printout or a copy on your phone is fine. Leave your itinerary with
   an emergency contact too.

**What it costs.** When we checked the booking system in November 2026,
Sealers Cove was $8.10 per adult, per night, in Australian dollars. That's
the Victorian Government's half-price camping rate, which was reintroduced
from 1 July 2025 for two years.

**Cancelling and changing.** Cancel 30 days or more before your first night
and you get a full refund, 8 to 29 days out you get half back, and inside 8
days there's no refund. Camping bookings can instead be moved to another date
or campground, subject to availability, right up to your check-in time, but a
changed booking can't then be refunded.

## When Sealers Cove bookings open

Parks Victoria releases camping bookings four times a year, each release
covering dates roughly 6 to 9 months ahead. Releases open at 10am. On busy
release days there's a "Lobby" before 10am, and at 10am everyone in it is
moved into the waiting-room queue in random order, so arriving early earns
you nothing.

Right now, bookings are open for stays up to 28 February 2027. The next
period, 1 March to 30 June 2027, hasn't had a release date published yet.
Parks Victoria announces releases through its newsletter and social channels,
and lists them on its
[bookings release schedule](https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/where-to-stay/booking-information/bookings-release-schedule).

If you missed the release, you're not waiting for anything. Every date in the
current window is on sale, and what's left plus whatever comes back through
cancellations is what you're competing for.

## Getting to Sealers Cove: day walk or overnight

There's no road to Sealers Cove. Every way in is on foot, and there are
three common ones:

- **Out and back from Telegraph Saddle.** The Sealers Cove walk starts at the
  Telegraph Saddle car park and runs about 10 km one way through rainforest
  and ferny gullies, around 3 hours. It's graded 4, with some steep sections,
  and the climb back out takes longer than the walk in.
- **As a day walk.** The same walk is a big but doable day trip. The booking
  is for camping, so a day walk to the beach and back doesn't need one. There
  are toilets just before the beach, and you'll need to carry your own water.
- **As part of the Southern Circuit.** The classic three-day loop from
  Telegraph Saddle spends one night at Sealers Cove and one at Little Waterloo
  Bay.
  Refuge Cove, about 6.4 km further along the coast, is the other common
  pairing.

On busy days (summer, autumn and spring school holidays, weekends from
Melbourne Cup to Easter, and Anzac long weekend) Telegraph Saddle car park is
closed to private cars from 9am to 6pm, and a free shuttle bus runs up from
Tidal River and the overnight hikers car park. Before you go, check the
Parks Victoria site for changed conditions, because phone reception on the
Southern Circuit is unreliable once you're walking.

## Sealers Cove booked out? How to still get a spot

When Sealers Cove shows as full, it usually means one night is gone, not the
whole Prom. Parks Victoria doesn't run a waitlist: a cancelled place becomes
available online straight away, to whoever happens to be looking. With the
refund dropping to 50% inside 30 days and to nothing inside 8, people who
aren't sure have every reason to cancel before those cut-offs, and their spots
come back quietly.

That's where Spotbagger helps. Spotbagger watches the
[Wilsons Prom Southern Circuit](/locations/wilsons-prom-southern-circuit) as
complete two-night loops, and every loop it watches includes a night at
Sealers Cove: Sealers Cove then Little Waterloo Bay or Refuge Cove, or either
of those then Sealers Cove. We check the Parks Victoria booking system often
and alert you the moment a whole loop opens up for your party on your dates.
You book it yourself on the Parks Victoria site. (We don't watch a lone
Sealers Cove night on its own, so if you only want the out-and-back
overnight, keep an eye on the booking page yourself.)

If your dates won't budge, try the other tricks: start midweek, walk the loop
in the other direction, or swap your second night to Refuge Cove. Our guide to
[what to do when the Southern Circuit is booked out](/guides/wilsons-prom-southern-circuit-booked-out)
has the full playbook.

## Common questions

### Do you need to book Sealers Cove campsite?

Yes, to camp. Parks Victoria requires an advance booking for every night at
Sealers Cove, and you need to carry it with you. Walking in for the day
doesn't need a campsite booking.

### How much does it cost to camp at Sealers Cove?

When we checked in November 2026 it was $8.10 per adult, per night, at the
current half-price camping rate. It's charged per person, so a group of four
pays four fees for each night.

### How far ahead can you book Sealers Cove?

Parks Victoria releases bookings four times a year, about 6 to 9 months
ahead. At the moment you can book stays up to 28 February 2027; the date for
releasing March to June 2027 hasn't been announced yet.

### How long is the walk to Sealers Cove?

About 10 km one way from the Telegraph Saddle car park, around 3 hours, with
a creek crossing at the end that's best done at low tide.

### Can you stay more than two nights at Sealers Cove?

No. Each hike-in camping area at the Prom has a limit of two consecutive
nights, so a longer trip moves on to another camp such as Refuge Cove or
Little Waterloo Bay.