The northern and eastern shore of Cape Upstart consists of 18 km of rugged, rocky coastline, with steep cliffs in places and the land generally rising rapidly to between 200 and 400 m. In amongst the rocks are four small embayments containing six beaches totalling 1.6 km in length. Three of the beaches are composed of boulders, with only three sandy beaches totalling 600 m in length. All six beaches lie in the Cape Upstart National Park, with vehicle access only possible to Coconut Bay, lying just inside the southern park boundary. The bay is linked via a torturous, 7 km long 4WD track to The Cape homestead. The easiest access to all beaches is by boat, with Beach 924 and Kingfisher Bay (south) offering relatively safe anchorage. Kingfisher Bay is a 500 m opening on the south-east side of the cape. Within the shallow bay are two beaches. The northern (925) is a 300 m long, east facing boulder beach, with deep water right off the beach. The southern (926) is a 200 m long pocket of north-east facing sand, wedged in between 50 m high headlands. The beach consists of a low dune ridge backed by a small, usually closed creek, containing a few mangroves, with a 70 m wide, low gradient intertidal beach. Waves are usually less than 0.5 m and decrease to the eastern end of the beach, with only a chance of a rip at the western end, during higher waves. read more

Beach Length: 0.2km