Weather Forecast
20.10°C
Current Temperature
9.00km/h
Wind speed
22.82°C
Water Temperature
1.06m
Swell
1.2m
Tide
12/11
UV
Cottesloe Beach is a 1.5 km stretch of west-facing sand and bluffs, which extends north from Mudurup Rocks to the southern rocks of Swanbourne Beach. A 100 m long groyne has been built out across Mudurup Rocks, and defines the southern boundary. The entire beach is backed by Marine Parade. Between the Parade and the beach is the Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club and a car park on the southern bluffs above the groyne, with an equipment building on the beach. Cottesloe patrols the southern half of the beach (WA 839a) Six hundred meters to the north is North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club right off the Parade, on the edge of the bluffs and overlooking the northern half of the beach (WA 839b) While the beach runs continuously from Cottesloe to North Cottesloe it is interrupted by the groyne at the southern end and rocks and reefs north of the large central car park and at either end of North Cottesloe beach. The more protected southern corner usually has lower waves and weak currents and is popular with families and children. Waves average about 1 m up the beach and usually maintain a steep beach with an attached 50 m wide bar. During winter and following higher waves rips usually commence about 100 m up the beach together with permanent rips against the reefs. The reefs in particular induce stronger currents and deeper rip channels and should be avoided by swimmers. The Cottesloe end has a series of car parks, together with a grassy reserve between the parade and beach and a large beach pavilion. North Cottesloe has more limited parking and consequently is usually a less crowded beach. The beach was one of the first developed on the Perth coast. Following the opening of the Perth to Fremantle railway in 1880 people began walking the 1 km from Cottesloe railway station to the beach. As a result of its early popularity a ‘caretaker’ patrolled the beach as early as 1906. In 1909 is became the birth place of surfing and Surf Life Saving in Western Australia, with the establishment of the Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club, with the North Cottesloe club following in 1912.
Beach Length: 1.5km
General Hazard Rating: 3/10

Patrolled Beach Flag Patrols

Sun
15 Dec
Mon
09 Dec
Tue
10 Dec
Wed
11 Dec
Thu
12 Dec
Fri
13 Dec
Sat
14 Dec
North Cottesloe SLSC
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07:00 -15:00
07:00 -15:00
Cottesloe SLSC
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08:00 -17:00
08:00 -17:00
Cottesloe (Lifeguards)
06:00 -18:00
06:00 -18:00
06:00 -18:00
06:00 -18:00
06:00 -18:00
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Information

Cafe
Kiosk
Picnic
Showers
Toilets Block M/F
Toilets Block Disabled
Groyne

Regulations

Hazards

Submerged Objects
Heavy shorebreak
Drop off

Weather

SLSA provides this information as a guide only. Surf conditions are variable and therefore this information should not be relied upon as a substitute for observation of local conditions and an understanding of your abilities in the surf. SLSA reminds you to always swim between the red and yellow flags and never swim at unpatrolled beaches. SLSA takes all care and responsibility for any translation but it cannot guarantee that all translations will be accurate.