the beach is approximately long and backed by cliffs, kennack towans (sand-dune system) and carn kennack. inland is the abandoned gwendreath quarry. the beach is used for recreation and divided into two by an outcrop of rocks called the caerverracks. kennack sands has a gentle sloping beach so the tidal range is quite large. at high tide there is still a large amount of beach to make use of but at low tide the beach seems to get a lot bigger. there is a rocky outcrop that splits the beach into two so the beach may be referred to as kennack sands west and kennack sands east. the rock that splits the beaches is called caerverracks and the hill above this carn kennack. there is a path that runs over carn kennack allowing access to the east beach which is a designated nature reserve.