Stuarts Point refers to a bend in an old arm of the Macleay River where the small town of Stuarts Point is located. The beach itself runs in a slow arc from Grassy Head for 9 km down to the entrance wall at the New Entrance for the river. Before the walls were constructed the old entrance used to locate itself at various locations along the Stuart Point Beach, up as far as Grassy Head. The present beach (NSW 134) has therefore evolved since the training walls were built between 1896-1898. Today it is backed by low 200-300 m wide vegetated dunes, then the 100-300 m wide abandoned river channel, called the Macleay Arm. The beach receives waves averaging 1.5 m which produce a double bar system in the north, dropping to a rip-dominated single bar in the south (Fig. 4.70) as wave height begins to drop in response to the protection afforded by Laggers Point (South West Rocks) with rips,spaced every 300-400 m, The beach has 4WD access from Grassy Head, and a footbridge across the Macleay Arm at Stuarts Point. read more

Beach Length: 9km