Cable Beach, Beach in Broome, Australia

Cable Beach stretches for about 22 kilometers along the Indian Ocean with white sand and clear water near Broome in Western Australia. The shoreline is backed by vegetation, and its northern section features shallow areas that become accessible at low tide.

Cable Beach is named after the telegraph cable laid in 1889 between Broome and Java. The cable was the first to link the town to the outside world, and the beach has carried the name ever since.

Cable Beach takes its name from the telegraph cable laid between Broome and Java in 1889. Today much of Broome's leisure life happens here: family picnics, dog walks, swimming and surfing outings, and camel tours at sunset.

Swimming is restricted between November and April due to box jellyfish, with warning signs posted along the shore to alert visitors. The northern section is accessible to four-wheel drive vehicles at low tide, allowing different uses depending on the time of day.

Cable Beach is one of the few Australian beaches where nude bathing is permitted, though the German Wikipedia notes it is only little used. The practice is allowed along the shore rather than in a fenced zone, and most visitors keep to the first kilometres near town, where family picnics, dog walks and swimming take place.