The first navigational aid at the point was a lightroom erected in 1863 with kerosene burners.

A taller wooden tower was erected in 1874[1][2] or in 1877,[3] and a condensing apparatus was installed.

The light was showing red and white sectors, and visible for 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi).

[6] In 1906 the lighthouse keeper's cottage, a four bedroom weatherboard house with galvanized iron roof, had to be moved as well.

In October 1960 the lighthouse was discontinued due to erosion, and later that year collapsed into the sea.