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Beach
Cottesloe
Location
Marine Pde, Cottesloe
Surf Club
Cottesloe SLSC
Telephone
08 9383 4400
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beach info |
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 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 it became the birth place of surfing and surf lifesaving in Western Australia, with the establishment of the Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club, with the North Cottesloe club following in 1912. 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. There are a series of car parks, together with a grassy reserve between the parade and beach and a large beach pavilion. 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. General Beach Hazard Rating: 3 - Least hazardous.
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beach forecast |
Max temp: 27. Partly cloudy. |
current conditions
Last updated: Today 7:02pm
| TEMP (C) | 21.4°C |
| WIND DIR | SSW |
| WIND SPEED | 30 knots |
| WIND SPEED (GUST) | 48 knots |
| BAROMETRIC PRESSURE | N/A |
| RAIN (to 9am) | 0 mm |
| HUMIDITY | 60% |
| SATELLITE IMAGE | |
| Information courtesy of the Bureau of Meteorology |
swimming
Cottesloe is one of Perth's less hazardous beaches under normal low wave conditions. However conditions can rapidly turn hazardous with strong onshore winds and higher waves which induce both a heavy shorebreak and strong rips.
surfing
Cottesloe has usually a narrow bar and a low beach break. During larger winter wave conditions the groyne has a right break on the south side called the Cove.