Cape Leeuwin is a low 10 m high granite point, with much of the sloping rocks washed over by the regular southwest swell. Along the centre of the cape is a road to the old lighthouse keepers houses and the Cape Leeuwin lighthouse, sitting on the 22 m high crest of the cape. The shoreline trends northwest for 15 km to Cape Hamelin, with two broad arcs of sand beaches and calcarenite bluffs in between. The first arc extends for 7 km to a cuspate foreland formed in lee of Cumberland Rock and Jacks Ledge and contains beaches WA 618-628. These beaches are all located within the Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park. Only the southern four beaches are accessible via the Leeuwin and Skippy Rock roads. The Cape to Cape walking track commences/ends at the Skippy Rock car park and runs along the slopes behind these beaches. The first beach (WA 618) on the west coast is patch of sand located 1 km north of the tip of the cape. The 70 m long pocket of sand lies immediately north of the car park for the Old Waterwheel, off the Leeuwin Road. The beach consists of a narrow strip of high tide sand bordered by large granite slabs and boulders, which almost encase the beach, with only a 30 m wide access between the rocks to the sea. Even in the entrance channel rocks form the seabed and extend seaward of the small embayment. Waves average about 0.5 m at the shore with the inner area forming a relatively calm rock pool during low wave conditions, while exposed conditions prevail outside the rocks. read more

Beach Length: 0.07km