Surfing with Sunsets

Excellent surfing beaches include Cottesloe, City Beach, Floreat, Scarborough and Sorrento. Swanbourne is a naturist beach (remember the SP30+ if you’re new at this) and there are safe, calm beaches on the Swan River (Point Walter and Como). I listed sunset at Cottesloe in my top five things to do in Perth. It’s a lovely drive getting there, a very pretty spot with its Norfolk Pines and, while the sunsets may not be special to locals, we easterners don’t often get to see it set over an ocean.

The State’s beaches have had a bit of a bad run with sharks; there have been a couple of attacks. They do exist but rarely approach swimmers.