Authorities will bring sand to tourist hotspots, but the affected stretches will take months to recover. Environmental experts are more worried about damage to dunes.

The coastal erosion at Tallows Beach, Byron Bay earlier today has already destroyed the path and eroded the sand. (Supplied: Flo Brown) ...

If you plan to surf on your own during your 2 days in Byron Bay, I recommend heading to Tallow Beach, Belongil Beach, The ...

Byron Bay man Rick Shearman was treading water in rough seas a kilometre offshore when he realised he was running out of options. The 49-year-old's morning body surf at Tallow Beach on Saturday ...

For surfers, the "Bay ... Byron's serious point. A long, winding right, it's dependent on sand distribution but usually starts close to a rock outcrop and peels down toward Clark's Beach over ...

From there the whole thing opens up into The Pass, Byron's serious point ... you've gotta head south of the Cape to Tallow Beach, a lovely long clean sand stretch of occasionally superb quality ...

Spectators battered by waves at Brunswick Heads.Credit: Nick Moir Waves have already eaten away sand at Brunswick Heads and Tallow Beach ... a resident of the Byron Bay area for 23 years.

Erosion at Tallow Beach, Suffolk Park, near Byron Bay on March 10 after Ex Tropical Cyclone Alfred.Credit: Danielle Smith Javier Leon, associate professor in physical geography at the University ...