Monks Bay is situated on the southern coast of the Isle of Wight, England just to the east of the village of Bonchurch, it is around 1⁄3 mile (0.54 km) in length.

The result of the battle stopped the French attempts to seize the island as its own, making way for continued operations against England in the Italian War of 1542–46.

[4] The bay was also used to legally disembark cargo from ships and for lobster and crab fishing, once a major source of local income, which still continues the area.

[6] The cliffs backing Monks Bay are heavily vegetated but consist of Lower Greensand sediments overlain by Gault Clay.

[4] In the early 1990s, the sea defences in the area were upgraded, with a £1.4 million investment project and the transportation of 25,000 tons of Norwegian granite and 40,000 cubic metres (52,000 cu yd) of sand and shingle to stop aggressive marine erosion.