Geltwood Reef marks the beginning of 9 km of coast between the reef and Cape Buffon that is increasingly dominated by calcarenite reefs and cliffs. The first 4.5 km contains six beaches all accessible by 4WD either from Southend or via Bevilaqua Ford. There is a camping area, accessible by car one kilometre north of McIntyre beach. The largely bare sand dunes that extend all the way down Canunda Beach begin to stabilise as the calcarenite cliffs increase in dominance. The eroding cliffs and bluffs contain some interesting rock formation, including sea caves and stacks. Geltwood beach (53) extends for 1.5 km between the first rocks of Geltwood Reef and the more prominent 10 m high bluffs of Canunda Rock. It is a low gradient beach fronted by a 300 m wide surf zone dominated by 3 to 4 large rips, including permanent rips against the rocks and reefs to either end. The reef is named after the barque wrecked on the reef in 1876 with a loss of all 27 on board. read more

Beach Length: 1.5km