Beach WA 380 is located 2 km to the northwest, 1 km to the lee of Inner Island, in a 500 m deep V-shaped, west-facing embayment. The beach consists of a low energy 50 m long pocket of boulders, bordered and backed by steep valley sides. The only reasonable access to the beaches is by boat. Between False Island and Herald Point is a 13 km wide, relatively open, south-facing bay. The bay is afforded some protection by Michaelmas and Breaksea islands in the west, with higher waves dominating the central-eastern section. Rocky shore with beachrock reefs dominate the eastern half of the bay along a section known as Stinkers Reef. Beaches WA 381-384 extend west of Rocky Point to Islet Point, followed by a series of embayed beaches (WA 385-388) between the point and Herald Point. The only vehicle access is to the bluffs above Stinkers Reef and at Nanarup Beach. Stinkers Reef is a 2.5 km long section of shore-attached beachrock reef, containing an intertidal active platform and higher relic platform cut into the beachrock. While there are some patches of high tide sand along the rear of the reef it does not classify as a beach. There is 4WD access to the eastern end of the 50 m high bluffs that overlook the reef, with a steep climb down to the reef. Waves averaging over 1.5 m break heavily on the reef, which is backed by calcarenite bluffs and vegetated clifftop dunes. read more

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