Double Point is an 80 m high, densely vegetated headland lying at the northern end of Cowley Beach. The point was an island when the coast was flooded by rising sea level 6000 years ago. It has since been joined to the mainland, as the beaches to either side built out over 3 km. On the north side of the point are two beaches, linked by sand, but separated at high tide by a small, 25 m high, rocky point linked by a sandy tombolo. Both beaches are part of an army training reserve and are off-limits to the public beyond the high water mark. There is no development on either beach and no access tracks. The smaller southern beach (772) lies immediately behind the tombolo and faces north-east. It is well protected by Double Point and the tombolo, and waves average 0.3 m. As a result the beach is low, with a 250 m wide low tide bar and a few low mangroves scattered across the high tide area. At high tide waves lap against the narrow high tide beach, at mid tide they break across the bar, while at low tide the bar is exposed between the point and tombolo. read more

Beach Length: 0.3km