Beach FI 79 is a straight 900 m long beach fully exposed to the westerly winds and wind waves, which average about 1 m along the shore. The waves maintain a 50 m wide low tide terrace to occasional transverse bar and rip, with up to two beach rips and two boundary rips cutting across the bar. It is backed by a low foredune, and then vegetated parabolic dunes. Beach FI 80 lies 50 m to the north past some low rocks, and is a slightly curving 100 m long beach, bordered by granite rocks extending 50 m seaward on either side. The waves maintain a 50 m wide bar drained by a rip against the northern rocks. An active parabolic dune backs the foredune and has blown up to 100 m inland. Beach FI 81 lies 100 m to the north and is a 150 m long beach, with a bar usually cut by a rip against the northern Castle Rock Point. A grassy foredune backs the beach and southern boundary rocks. The three beaches and points are backed by a continuous series of longwalled parabolic dunes that have extended up to 2 km inland to the Palana Road and up to 38 m in elevation, and cover an area of approximately 200 ha. Hays Creek runs along the southern end of the dunes and out onto the southern end of beach FI 79. read more

Beach Length: 0.9km