Freers Beach curves from the southern rocks of Taroona Point for 1.7 km to the south, then southeast to the 500 m entrance of the more constricted inner entrance to the port. A road parallels the back of the beach, with several seawalls and groynes crossing the beach, including one at the southern end. It is usually calm, with a narrow, in places eroding, high tide beach. Intertidal sand flats extend up to 1 km into the port and at spring lows link with Penguin Island, 1.2 km offshore. A narrow coastal reserve and road back the beach, with a few houses behind the centre of the beach. Port Sorell Surf Life Saving Club patrols Freers Beach. Port Sorell is located on a low terminal end of a 3 km long, up to 800 m wide sandy spit complex, which includes Freers Beach. At the end of Freers Beach the shoreline turns at the groyne and trends to the southeast for 1 km as beach tas1163 and forms the western side of the narrowest part of the port entrance. The port settlement has been built on top of the approximately 15 low beach ridges that comprise the spit. The beach receives very low wave to calm conditions, however the tidal channel lies just off the 50-200 m wide sand flats with its deep water and strong currents. The beach is backed by a 200 m wide coastal reserve containing a range of facilities and camping areas, a jetty across the centre and boats moored in the channel. The entire beach is very dynamic with shoreline oscillation induced by the tidal flow. As a consequence some primitive shore protection measures including groynes have been placed across the shoreline. read more

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