Beach commences on the southern side of the rocks and curves to the south for 4.5 km, the final kilometre a vegetated sand spit that extends part way across the 500 m wide mouth of the Endeavour River, with Cooktown located on the southern banks of the river and 1 km east of the southern end of the beach. The beach is backed by some minor 10-15 m high blowout activity, then a low (< 20 m), 1-2 km wide, 700 ha transgressive dune plain covered by dense rain forest. The plain is likely to be mid-Holocene in origin. The beach becomes increasingly protected to the south by the slopes of Mount Cook, and consists of a low gradient beach and low tide bar cut by about 10 rips in the north and grading in the south to a continuous bar and then the 1 km wide tidal shoals of the river mouth. The Endeavour River National Park includes the river mouth and southern 2 km of the beach and backing rain forests, and forms the southern boundary of the Hope Vale Aboriginal Land. read more

Beach Length: 4.5km