The beach was gazetted by the Hong Kong Government and opened in 1971.
On 8 January 2017, a body of a 52-year-old angler was found at the beach more than a day after he was reported missing.[4]
Usage
The beach is beautiful, fine and white and is situated on the east coast of Cheung Chau. Since the 1996 Summer Olympics, Kwun Yam Beach had become a tourist spot for local visitors as well as being the home base for Hong Kong's first Olympic gold medallist, windsurfer Lee Lai-shan.[5]