Sandy Point is a prominent sandy foreland or salient formed by southerly wave refraction around Broughton Island, located 2-5 km offshore. It forms the southern boundary of Mungo Beach and the northern boundary of the 14 km wide Fens embayment (Fig. 4.124), bordered in the south by the prominent 219 m high Yacaaba Head. The embayment contains two beaches separated in the north by Dark Point. Between Sandy Point and the small 20 m high Dark Point is a 1.6 km long southeast facing beach (NSW 222). The beach is essentially a continuation of Mungo Beach after it swings round Sandy Point. In can be accessed by foot over the bare sand dunes from the Dark Point car park, or by 4WD along the beach to Dark Point. It is a popular destination as many 4WDs head for the point and the slight protection it affords from southerly winds on its north side. The beach is backed by extensive vegetated and bare dunes, and fronted by a surf zone, which receives wave averaging 1.5 m, though they decrease slightly toward Sandy Point. They maintain an attached inner bar usually cut by strong rips. In addition a strong, permanent rip runs out against the north side of Dark Point. read more

Beach Length: 1.625km