Black Head is a 60 m high, black, basaltic headland that forms the only major inflection in the eastern shore of Curtis Island between Cape Capricorn and Southend. There are two beaches in lee of the head and another two smaller beaches immediately to the north. The beaches are undeveloped, with a 4WD access track running up the eastern side of Black Head and reaching the coast at the western end of the western Black Head beach (1424). Beaches 1422 and 1423 are two similar sandy beaches, 200 m and 600 m long respectively. They both face east-north-east and are bounded by 20 to 30 m high headlands, with fringing rock platforms and reefs. Beach 1422 has a narrow high tide beach fronted by a 100 m wide bar. It is backed by a low, grassy foredune, with a small, usually blocked creek and its lagoon behind the centre of the beach. Beach 1423 has the same beach characteristics and also has a small, blocked creek in the centre. read more

Beach Length: 0.2km