Foul Bay is probably named after the decaying seagrass that usually litters the long beach. The open southeast facing 16 km of bay shore is protected from the southwesterly swell by offshore shoals that lower waves to near calm at the shore, and permit seagrass meadows to grow close to shore the length of the bay. Along the more protected western shore of the bay sand flats extend 100 to 200 m off the beaches. The South Coast road provides good access to the western half of the bay, which also contains a 2 km long section with approximately 50 beachfront shacks. There are two beaches in the bay, the eastern 3.6 km long section (357) between Point Davenport and a substantial sandy foreland that protrudes 400 m into the bay. Davenport is the terminus of a growing 3 km long recurved spit. The spit is slowly extending to the east in the process leaving behind the remains of more than 20 former spits. Much of spit, and the backing lagoon it impounds is part of the Point Davenport Conservation Park (Fig. 4.90). The beach is a low narrow sandy beach, often covered in seagrass debris, with extensive seagrass meadows lying just 50 m off the shore. read more

Beach Length: 3.6km