The now vegetated dunes have transgressed up to 300 m inland rising to more than 20 m, with dense vegetation behind, then the shallow southern shores of circular Pipe Clay Lagoon. The beach is bordered by 54 m high Cape Deslacs in the east and 50 m high rocky cliffs in the west that run south for 3.5 km rising to 100 m high at Cape Contrariety. The beach is 2.1 km long and faces south-southeast into Storm Bay exposing it to all southerly swell.
The vegetated dunes have advanced inland by over 300 meters and now rise more than 20 meters high, with dense vegetation behind them. The southern shores of the circular Pipe Clay Lagoon are bordered by a 54-meter-high Cape Deslacs on the east and rocky cliffs 50 meters high on the west stretching south for 3.5 kilometers to reach up to 100 meters at Cape Contrariety. The beach is 2.1 kilometers long, facing south-southeast into Storm Bay, exposing it to all southerly swells.