The beach is a well-known spot for surfing, swimming, scuba diving, and snorkelling during the summer months.

[10][11] Before British colonisation of South Australia, the Kaurna people occupied the land from the Adelaide plains and southwards down western side of the Fleurieu Peninsula.

[14] The former farmhouses at 5 Barramundi Way and 3726 Main South Road, Symond's Barn at 7 Stewart Avenue and 4-8 Sunset Parade are all listed on the register.

[18] The Washpool is one of few remaining coastal estuarine lagoon systems and wetlands on the coast of greater Adelaide, and provides important habitat for waterbirds (such as the hooded plover[19]) and other flora and fauna.

[19] The Washpool area is also a place of great significance for the traditional owners, the Kaurna people,[17] as it is the location of a Tjirbruke (the creator ancestor) freshwater spring, and part of the Dreaming Track dedicated in 1986.

Among other measures, the volunteers have been planting gahnia seedlings, upon which the yellowish sedge skipper butterfly lives.