The main Hellfire Bay beach (WA 136) extends for 600 m along the northern shore of the bay and faces south out the bay entrance. It receives waves averaging 1 m in the east increasing to about 1.5 m at the western end. The beach commences with a permanent rip against the eastern rocks, then a continuous 50 m wide bar widening into a rip-dominated system in the west, together with a permanent rip against the western rocks. A well vegetated 15 m high foredune backs the beach. It impounds a linear wetland and creek, which breaks out across the western end of the beach. Cape Le Grand forms the western end of the spectacular 17 km long section of coast bordered in the east by Mississippi Point. Like the point it is also backed by a prominent granite peak, in this case 345 m high Mount Le Grande, the highest outcrop in the park. Around the base of the point is 12 km of irregular granite shoreline containing four beaches, all of which are only accessible by foot around the base of the mount, with the easiest access via boat when waves are low. read more

Beach Length: 0.6km