Location Name - Quoin Head
Fitzgerald River National Park
Albany 6330

County/Council: City of Albany
Region: Great Southern
Location ID: 10083449


Website:
http://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/fitzgerald-river (Fitzgerald River National Park)

 
Categories:
BEACHES / COASTAL - *
BEACHES / COASTAL - Bays
DOUBLES AS - Anytown, USA
LANDSCAPES - *
LANDSCAPES - Rock Formations / Cliffs
DOUBLES AS - Los Angeles
DOUBLES AS - USA
DOUBLES AS - San Diego
DOUBLES AS - Coastal California

Tags/Keywords: Surfing

Description:
A tantalising variety of landscapes to explore from rolling plains, colourful breakaways, rugged peaks and headlands to stunning bays and inlets. Quoin Head beach is a 300 m long pocket beach and foredune that partly dams an elongate V-shaped valley, forming a narrow 200 m long lagoon, which occasionally breaks out across the northern end of the beach. The beach is 300 m long and bordered by jagged rock platforms and backing steep 50 m high headlands. Its southeast orientation and the headland afford moderate protection resulting in waves averaging less than 1.5 m. These break across a 50 m wide surf zone, which is drained by a permanent rip against the northern rocks.

Jurisdictions::
Great Southern Development Commission, South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council, City of Albany, DBCA

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