On the south side of the creek mouth is a 20 m high 1.5 km wide wooded peninsula that contains the Raffles Bay pearl farm, which consists of several buildings and a jetty, as well as pearl racks in the bay. On the south side of the farm are two small embayments containing beaches NT 385 and NT 386, 200 m and 300 m long respectively. These two low energy beaches, located deep within the bay, each consist of a narrow high tide beach backed and bordered by wooded slopes, as well as fringing mangroves, with fronting 300 m wide mud flats.
Beach Length: 0.2km
General Hazard Rating:
2/10
Patrols
There are currently no services provided by Surf Life Saving Australia for this beach. Please take the time to browse the Surf Safety section of this website to learn more about staying safe when swimming at Australian beaches.
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