In lee of West Hill Island lies the 400 m wide mouth of West Hill Creek, with bedrock shore to the north and the northern end of a 6 km long barrier system to the south, 7 km2 of which lies within the West Hill National Park. Two low energy beaches lie either side of the creek mouth, while the barrier is the last relatively high energy beach on this section of coast before the more protected beaches of Broad Sound. Beach 1198 is a 6.2 km long, slightly curving, east facing beach, the northern half of which makes up the bulk of West Hill National Park. The beach is anchored by a small, northern headland and runs to the south of the mouth of Blind Creek, which drains part of the backing tidal areas. The beach is part of a beach-to-foredune ridge barrier system that has prograded up to 1 km seaward in the north, while the southern 1.5 km consist of an elongate spit backed by mangroves and high tide flats. The beach has a moderate gradient high tide beach that widens to 100 m at low tide, with some rock patches toward the southern end; remnants of the old Blind Creek mouth. Just south of the national park boundary is freehold land and private road access to a beachfront property. read more

Beach Length: 6.2km