Foochow Beach (FI 3) dominates the northeast coast of Flinders Island. The main beach extends south-southeast from North East River for 23.5 km past the still visible wreck of the City of Foochow (1877) to Foochow Inlet and is the longest beach on the island, with the southern part of the beach (FI 4 and 5) extending for another 10.5 km to Red Bluff Point, a total of 34 km. The main beach receives easterly swell averaging 1.5 m which maintains a continuous 100 m wide transverse bar (Fig. 4.289) and rip to rhythmic bar and beach system, with occasionally an outer bar forming during periods of higher waves. The rips are spaced every 200-300 m with at times 90 rips active along the beach. The entire beach has prograded 500-800 m seaward as a series of up to 20 foredune ridges, which in places have been destabilised by overwash chutes extending 2 km south of the inlet and elsewhere by blowouts. These are backed by continuous wetlands drained in the north by Arthurs Creek and North East River Lagoon and Foochow Inlet in the south. The central wetlands include Hays, Thompsons, Hogans, Fergusons and New lagoons. The entire beach and wetland system is crown land, with no development and access only available to the inlet in the north and via Wingaroo farm perimeter to the centre of the beach between Hogans and Fergusons lagoons. read more

Beach Length: 0.023km