Beach WA 1121 commences at the sandy foreland to the lee of Gold Digger Passage and trends to the northwest and finally west for 10.6 km to the sandy Shoal Point. The beach faces into the prevailing winds and waves, with waves averaging over 1.5 m. They combine with the fine beach sand to maintain a 200 m wide double bar system (Fig. 2.6b), with a continuous longshore bar and an inner beach which grades from reflective in the south to a more low tide terrace and at time transverse bar and rip in the north. Only the very southern end in lee of the northern end of the reef has a single bar. Waves break heavily on the outer bar, reform in the longshore trough and break again at the shore, with inner beach rips common along the northern half, while larger scale rips drain the tough across the outer bar. The beach is backed by transgressive dunes which are moderately active in the south and centre and which form a 1 km wide barrier, which is the western boundary of much of Hutt Lagoon. Access is via 4 WD tracks through the dune and along the beach from Port Gregory. read more

Beach Length: 10.6km