Cottesloe Beach, Beach in Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia

Cottesloe Beach stretches along the Indian Ocean with white sand and clear water, offering space for swimming and surfing throughout the year. The shoreline includes facilities, amenities, and dining options along the beachfront promenade.

Cottesloe Beach became one of Western Australia's most popular beaches in the 1880s, when the suburb of Cottesloe was established. Refreshment stalls and bathing pavilions appeared in 1898, followed by a jetty that storms destroyed the same year; a sturdier 100-metre Cottesloe Pier was built four years later. The Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club, the first in Western Australia, began patrolling the beach in 1909.

Sculpture by the Sea, a companion event to the Sydney exhibition, was first held on Cottesloe Beach in 2005. It draws crowds of over 200,000 a year but has struggled financially since it began. The Noongar name for the beach is Mudurup.

Showers, changing rooms, and picnic areas line the beach, with lifeguards on duty during peak seasons to ensure visitor safety. Check local conditions before swimming or surfing, as water and weather can vary throughout the year.

The concrete pylon offshore was built in 1935 as one of three anchors for a shark net after a fatal attack in 1925; storms destroyed the other two in 1937. Swimmers repaint it in club colours almost every year before the Cottesloe to Swanny Ocean Classic.