Weirs Cove is a roughly semi-circular shaped, 500 m wide, east facing bay, surrounded by 70 to 130 m high calcarenite cliffs, sitting on a granite base. The partially protected cove has the ruins of a small jetty which was used as a tenuous landing to supply the Cape Du Couedic lighthouse, with a near vertical rail connecting the landing with the 80 m high clifftop. Between the cove and Kirkpatrick Point 3 km to the east are three cliff-dominated beaches. The first (KI-132) occupies 1.8 km of the shore between the point and the cove. It is a moderately exposed, south facing beach lying at the base of 60 to 120 m high cliffs (Fig. 5.22). Cliff debris covers the back of the beach and provides a steep track down to the beach. Debris, rocks and rock reefs also litter the surf zone, so much so that they control the location of the five to six rips that usually form along the beach. read more

Beach Length: 1.8km