The southern part of the beach (T 792) commences at Braddon Point on the northern side of the entrance to 500 m wide Macquarie Harbour and opposite Hells Gate. The extensive ebb tidal Kawatiri Shoal and Cape Sorell afford some protection to the first 3-5 km of the beach, with a single rip-dominated bar and waves increasing from 1 to 1.5 m, while the beaches are backed by a few foredunes and low hummocky dunes. The remainder of the beach however receives the full force of the 3 m high waves, and contains a double to triple bar system, with usually 35 large inner bar rips extending up to the Henty River mouth. The beach is backed by an irregular 10-30 m high often scarped foredune then largely well vegetated transgressive dunes that extend 0.5-7 km inland and to heights of 50 m. These become more unstable to the north and include the bare 400 ha Henty Dunes, which border the northern 3 km of beach and the river mouth. The dunes receive a high rainfall and have numerous lakes and wet deflation hollows, which feed small creeks draining to the beach. In all, the southern dunes cover more than 6,000 ha. The only public access to the beach is along the Ocean Beach Road from Strahan, 5 km to the east, which leads to a beachfront car park next to a small creek (Figs. 4.156 & 4.157). The northern end of the beach is accessible via the Sand Dunes Picnic ground in lee of the Henty Dunes, which requires a 2 km walk across the dunes to the shore. read more

Beach Length: 0.0205km