Beach WA 73 lies 4 km to the west and 3 km to the east of Cape Arid. The beach is a speck of sand just 20 m long in a 100 m wide, 200 m deep bedrock bay surrounded on three sides by bare sloping granite rising to 40 m. The beach lies in the northwestern corner of the bay, and provides the only sandy access to the rocky bay. It is backed by rocks and dense scrub and is awash at high tide and during high waves. Cape Arid was sighted and named by Admiral D’Entrecasteaux “Cap Arride” in 1792. Matthew Flinders subsequently anglicised it to “Cape Arid” in 1802. Arid Bay is a 3.5 km wide, southwest-facing, bedrock bay bordered by the protruding granite of Cape Arid to the south, and the gneiss of Barrier Island and its backing headland to the north. In addition three other islands and several rock reefs lie across the entrance to the 2 km deep bay. Mount Arid lies 3 km to the east. Four beaches (WA 74-77) dominate the bay shore, with extensive dunes backing the western three. There is no formal vehicle access to the bay region. read more

Beach Length: 0.02km