Shelving Beach

absolute incredible calm water beach with two coral reefs left and right within a stones throw from your beach set up.
We have spent many day trips to the beach and enjoyed full days soaking up the sun, exploring the coral reefs and sea creatures.

Stunning. I'd recommend snorkelling around low tide. The hike there from Fisherman's is short but at times almost vertical and wouldn't be accessible for everyone. Keep an eye out for goats!

One of the greatest wonders of central Queensland is shelving beach. Approximately a 30 minute walk from where the boat drops you off. Shelving beach is a lot more sheltered than fisherman’s beach but depending on which trail you take it can be a bit steep to get down to!
There’s a small amount of shade under trees and the water is crystal clear.

Highly recommend as a day trip from Yeppoon while on the Capricorn coast!

Beautiful part of God’s creation with reef snorkeling right off a pristine sand beach. Our family (2 adults, 3 kids under 12yrs) visited in late September 2023. We visited Great Keppel Island for the day, taking the Keppel Konnections ferry. A moderately difficult 20 minute walk from the ferry drop-off on Fisherman’s beach. Shelving Beach is a closer walk than Long Beach or Monkey Beach (which we didn’t visit). We were thankful for wearing closed in shoes for the rocky walk, but others seemed to manage in thongs/flip-flops. Take plenty of water and some food, as it’s a decent walk to restaurants and amenities at the northern end of Fisherman’s beach. We didn’t happen to see any turtles on our visit, but plenty of reef fish. It was a warm day (29°C) and we were thankful for carrying our CoolCabana tent for added shade on the beach while resting from snorkeling.

Perfect beach! Be aware the walking trail from Fisherman Beach is rocky and it would be great to be wearing shoes. On high tide there area on sand ir reduced then you can jump to Monkey Beach to enjoy the rest of the day!

Favourite beach on GKI. Not too far of a walk, with great snorkelling! A must do when visiting

Easy walk from the ferry drop off, or from the Holiday Village accommodation. But beware that the end of the track is steep and slippery, not suitable for anyone frail!

Beautiful little sandy beach that has beginner to medium skill level snorkeling on coral reefs! The easy snorkeling is on the right hand side looking out to sea. Lots of coral and different types of rays and fish. The more difficult snorkeling is on the left hand side looking out to sea. Best about an hour before low tide, snorkel out to the far edge and ride the current all the way around to the next beach (Monkey), sit on the beach to warm up as the tide changes and catch the new current back to Shelving Beach. Be prepared to see lots of fish of all different kinds and also up to a half a dozen green turtles!

Pristine waters with Coral for snorkeling. Short walk from the main beach.

Beautiful beach and amazing reef not too far out for snorkelling. 1000% spectacular.
The walking track to get down there is rocky and steep and zero facilities.
Recommend shoes, rashie and sunscreen.

Great beach quite a tricky walk up the bluff to get there

Explore during low tide and you can walk to see different hard and soft corals! Great way to spend an afternoon here even during winter!

Private beach that offers great snorkle options

Great sheltered beach to swim and snorkel

Loved snorkelling here ❤ saw so many different types of fish. The coral was beautiful.

Greath keppel Island is a dream with many nice beaches e.g. the shelving Beach. In front of the beach, reach by a short swim, is a nice reef. Till today ther is less tourismus because no major hotel is present at the Island. Only some smal accomodation and a nice Beach bar is present at the Island. But in the future the Dream will may be gone, because the intension is to build a Marina and a Major Hotel.

Love it I would definitely come back

Beautiful snorkelling. Butterfly fish, trigger fish, parrot fish , stingrays and turtles. Trail bad

Great spot for snorkelling, water play, and beach walks

Beautiful spot to snorkel

Great Shelving spot