Mounts Bay is an exposed, south-east facing bay on the south side of Point Bunbury. It extends for 1.8 km to the southern Hayley Point or Cape Marengo. Little Henty Reef, 500 m off Hayley Point, provides additional protection to the southern half of the beach. The beach is part of a sand barrier and is backed by a low dune and the floodplains of the Barham River, which exits at the northern end of the beach. The Great Ocean Road runs along the back of the beach, providing good access once across the bridge. There are several car parks behind the beach and at the point. The beach receives waves averaging 1 m in the south and increasing northward. The beach has a narrow, attached bar in lee of the reef, with rips usually beginning halfway up the beach and intensifying to the north. read more

Beach Length: 1.8km