It guides ships into the coastal channel inside the Great Barrier Reef.

[3] The structure was a square concrete hut, 3 metres (9.8 ft) from the base to the platform, topped by a Chance Brothers 7 feet 11 inches (2.41 m) diameter lantern room.

[3] The apparatus was a Chance Brothers 400 mm focal length Fresnel lens.

Red, visible for 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi), was shown at the small middle sector, 281°-288°30′.

The lighthouse is, however, visible from the tip of Cape York, which can be reached by four wheel drive.