The rock-bordered mouth of Moona Creek marks the northern boundary of a 3 km wide, L-shaped, northeast-facing bay, bordered in the south by Plantation Point and containing three beaches (NSW 435-437) in between. Collingwood Beach (NSW 425) occupies the western shore of the bay and curves south of Moona Creek mouth for 2.2 km to a rocky eastward inflection in the shore. The beach faces due east towards the entrance and receives low refracted swell averaging less than 0.5 m, which usually maintains a moderately steep cusped reflective beach. The beach is part of a 300 m wide regressive barrier, backed by a swamp drained by Moona Creek. A road and narrow reserve backs the northern end of the beach, with a large park adjacent to the creek mouth. The remainder is backed by a low foredune then narrow, continuous foreshore reserve, which includes a walkway, then beachfront houses and the main Elizabeth Drive. There is street access along the southern section with a picnic and boat launching area in the southern corner. The southern arm of the bay consists of a 2 km long rock-dominated section of north-facing shore, all backed by a narrow strip of vegetated bluffs, then the blufftop houses of Vincentia. Orion Beach (NSW 426) is located mid-way along the shore and consists of a curving 420 m long low energy north-facing reflective beach, with seagrass 50 m offshore and rocks bordering each end, and fronting the eastern 100 m. Barfleur Beach (NSW 427) is located immediately to the east, faces north and curves for 300 m from the rocky point to the lee of the larger Plantation Point. It is a sheltered reflective high tide beach fronted by intertidal rock flats. A large park and picnic area is located towards the eastern end, which continues to the tip of Plantation Point. read more

Beach Length: 2km