For 27 years, three lighthouse keepers worked at this remote location, ensuring the light was operating well and communicating with ships via a number of code systems.

Under standard Australian lighthouse convention, red filters would usually be placed to the extreme left and right of the beam (indicating "danger zones" for a passing ship, in-line with the jagged coastline).

For reasons unknown, the Split Point Lighthouse operated for a number of years under the opposite system; although this has now been corrected.

The original lighthouse keepers' quarters, two detached houses adjacent to the tower, are now privately owned residences.

The lighthouse is regularly filmed for tourism and advertising purposes, and is the location for marriage proposals and weddings.