Cape Keppel forms the eastern boundary of Keppel Bay and is one of two northern points on Curtis Island, the other being Cape Capricorn. Between the two points is an open, 17 km wide bay containing two high energy beaches on the eastern side of the cape, then a series of increasingly lower energy beaches and spits toward the cape. Cape Keppel beach (1397) lies on the northern tip of the 70 m high, grassy cape and consists of a 500 m long, north facing, low gradient sandy beach bordered by low, partially buried lines of rocks to either end, with additional rocks scattered in the centre. It is backed by a low foredune and the vegetated slopes of the cape, and fronted by a 150 m wide low tide bar. Waves average about 0.5 m. read more

Beach Length: 0.5km