Between The Burrum River mouth and Point Vernon is 30 km of sandy shore interrupted by two creeks, resulting in three long beaches. The shore initially faces north-east, swinging around to face north by Point Vernon. At the same time, wave height decreases to less than 0.5 m and the surf zone bar widens to become 1 km wide sand flats. Burrum River beach is a narrow, 1 km long, north facing beach (1516) paralleling the south side of the river mouth. The beach fronts the small, but growing, Burrum Heads settlement, with the main road running beside the beach. A seawall runs right around the settlement; a result of the houses being located too close to the dynamic river mouth. There is a reserve and boat ramp toward the western end of the beach. The beach is usually calm, but has strong tidal currents just off the beach and in the deep river channel. read more

Beach Length: 1km