Ethel Rocks is a rock reef lying 400 m north of Richards Point. The shoreline for 5 km to the east is dominated by three low, rocky points, with four sandy beaches in between. Interestingly, the sand along the three more embayed beaches tends to be finer at their eastern ends and coarser toward their western ends, representing some wave grading of the beach sand, possibly combined with headland bypassing of dune sand. There is 4WD access to the rear of these beaches and some cleared land and station buildings in lee of beach 1447. Beach 1450 runs for 800 m between extensive rocky points and rock reefs. These lower the waves at the beach, leaving it usually free of rips. It has a low gradient high tide beach fronted by a 100 m wide low tide bar. A 10 to 15 m high foredune backs the beach. read more

Beach Length: 0.8km