On the south side of the southern entrance wall for the Moruya River are three small beaches (NSW 563-565) located along a 1 km long section of north-facing coast between the wall and Moruya Heads (Fig. 4.386). The shallow Moruya river entrance generated many problems for shipping in the 19th century leading to the construction of initial entrance works in 1898. The present longer walls were constructed between 1946 and 1954, which lead to the formation of the present boundary beaches. The South Head road runs out to the small Moruya Heads settlement on the south side of the heads, with gravel roads leading to the national park and rear of the beaches and out onto the point. Beach NSW 563 is located between the smaller southern training wall and the beginning of the rocky shore of the head. It is 200 m long and faces northeast out across the river mouth shoals. It is sheltered by the head and shoals with waves usually less than 0.5 m at the beach where they maintain a steep reflective beach fronted by generally shallow river mouth shoals which extend 400 m east of the beach. Beach NSW 564 is located immediately to the east and is a curving 280 m long sand beach consisting of a clear sand section, then a section crossed by linear rock reefs, with reef and the river mouth shoals off the beach. Waves average about 0.5 m and maintain a reflective to low tide terrace beach. read more

Beach Length: 0.2km