Between Shoal Bay and George Point is an open, 8 km wide, north facing bay, bordered by high land behind Shoal Bay, with the low ground of Dingo Beach in the centre and hilly terrain rising to over 300 m toward George Point. The shoreline consists of a series of small bedrock-controlled embayments containing nine beaches, and three small islands. All the beaches face essentially north and are low energy, with calm conditions or low waves dominating. The Dingo Beach Road reaches the coast at Dingo Beach; from there a western road runs out to Sinclaire Bay and an eastern road to Nelly and Jonah Bays. The eastern four beaches have no vehicle access. Jonah Bay (986) lies over the headland east of Nelly Bay and is connected by a gravel road, with a few houses backing the 1.3 km long, north facing beach. The beach consists of a high tide beach fronted by inner rock flats and deeper sand flats, with a low, casuarina-covered dune behind the beach, then wooded slopes rising to 150 m. The main swimming area is in the tidal enclosure at Dingo Beach. If swimming at other beaches it is always better toward high tide, owing to shallow flats off all beaches, together with numerous rocks. read more

Beach Length: 1.3km