Between Rocky Point and Island Point is an 11 km wide, open bay. For the first 7 km south of Rocky Point is a strip of sandy beach cut by Saltwater Creek and the Mossman River into three beaches: Rocky Point (south), Newell Beach and Cooya. Increasing protection from Island Point, toward the southern end of Cooya Beach, permits mangroves to grow along the shoreline for the next 7 km to Port Douglas. Rocky Point (south) Beach is 2.7 km long and extends nearly due south from the point to Saltwater Creek, which maintains a 50 m wide inlet. There is access to the beach from the Daintree Road, that skirts the northern end of the beach at Rocky Point, otherwise there are no facilities, as sugarcane farms back the beach. The beach receives waves averaging 0.5 m and is moderately narrow and steep at high tide, with a 100 m-plus low tide sand bar. read more

Beach Length: 2.7km