Surfside Beach curves southwest of the small
boundary headland for 800 m to a low rocky
point. It is a very low energy beach backed by a
subdivision called Surfside. The houses back the
beach with access down the side streets and
from a car park at the eastern end. The beach
faces the southeast, but receives very low
waves, as it is located 6 km inside the bay
entrance. The beach face is firm and gently
sloping with waves lapping at the base. To the
west of the boundary rocks beach NSW 532
trends west for 1 km as a crenulate, very low
energy strip of sand, crossed by a small central
creek, and fronted by dynamic tidal sand flats
up to 200 m wide, then a series of tidal
channels and shoals extending up to 600 m
into the bay and edge of the deep tidal
channel. The flats narrow to the west, with
the western end of the beach dropping straight
into the deep tidal channel. The shape of the
beach changes periodically in response to
Clyde River floods and storm seas. A road,
houses, seawall and caravan park back the
beach, which terminates at the Batemans Bay
Bridge.