South Cape is a 122 km high cliffed dolerite point, to the northwest of which the sheer 300 m high Fluted Cliffs extend for 4 km into Shoemaker Bay. At the north end of the 2 km wide bay is south-facing Granite Beach (T 570). The 1.4 km long sandy beach is backed by densely vegetated slopes, which commence at the rear of the beach and gradually rise to over 500 m along the South Cape Range, with three creeks including Sandstone Creek draining down the backing slopes to the beach. The beach is bordered by the 200-300 m high Fluted Cliffs to the east and 100 m high Shoemaker Point extending 1.5 km south on the west. Waves averaging over 2 m maintain a rip-dominated 200 m wide surf zone with usually strong rips to either end and 2 to 3 beach rips in between. The walking track descends to the beach from the South Coast Range, follows the beach and then climbs the rear of Shoemaker Point, with a camping site located at the eastern end of the beach. read more

Beach Length: 1.4km