Halfway Bay beach (WA 1124) begins on the northern side of a 150 m long section of reef that is attached to the shore for much of the length of the 1.9 km long beach and forms prominent bays and permanent rips to either end. In the south there is a large gap in the reef which permits higher wave to reach the shore resulting in a 100 m wide surf zone dominated by strong beach-reef controlled rips. The reef then reestablishes itself with a more continuous reef and backing ‘lagoon’ cut by two central gaps and permanent rips. A sandy 4 WD track runs out to a small collection of fishing shacks located behind the southern more exposed section of the beach. The beach is backed by vegetated dunes grading into more active dunes along the northern half. read more

Beach Length: 1.9km