South of Shoal Bay the coast trends more to the south and a series of headlands and rocky shore dominate the coast. The first two beaches, Tanby and Fishermans, are both 2 km long, face east and are bounded by rocky headlands. Fishermans beach (1375) runs due south of Tanby Point for 2 km, curving around in lee of Emu Point to almost face north. The protection afforded by Emu Point has long been used to launch fishing boats, thereby giving the beach its name. Today the southern end is backed by a large, grassy foreshore reserve and caravan park, with a long boat ramp protected by a groyne in the southern corner. Twenty metre high vegetated dunes back the northern half, with access in the north also from Tanby Point. The beach is somewhat protected by the point and receives low waves in the south, rising to less than 0.5 m to the north. The waves break across a wide, low gradient low tide beach, with a moderately steep high tide beach. read more

Beach Length: 2km