The Aboriginal tribe , the Parnkalla, lived in this area before it was colonized by whites in the 1830s. When the British explorer Matthew Flinders discovered the bay on February 16, 1802, he named it after his friend Sir Isaac Coffin. In 1966 the places Coffin Bay and Port Lincoln were connected by a private railway line for the transport of lime from the beaches. This line was abandoned in the early 1970s.
today
Today 606 people live in this place, which increases to 2000 people in summer due to tourists. Tourists mainly come to visit the Coffin Bay National Park with its historic eucalyptus trees and the treetop path at a height of 40 meters. But they also come for boating, swimming, diving, water skiing and surfing. You can also fish from rocks and boats. A group of seals also live in the bay .
Well known are the large and sought-after oysters that grow in oyster farming in the clean waters of Coffin Bay.
