The main Anxious Bay beach (1054) is 23.5 km long and faces almost due west into the high prevailing swell. It has a 200 m to 300 m wide surf zone, which has a low gradient in the south, then a 10 km section dominated by parallel beachrock reefs in the centre which lie between 50 m and 200 m off the beach (Fig. 4.156). Several strong permanent rips run out through gaps in the rock. North of the rocks strong beach rip dominated up to Talia, with a permanent rip against the northern headland. The beach is backed the massive dune systems, then Lake Newland, and farmland, with the only public access at Talia, or along the beach via 4WD. This is a relatively remote and hazardous beaches, great to explore up hazardous for swimming. There is a lonely monument overlooking the northern end of the beach to a 1928 drowning victim. read more

Beach Length: 0.023km