Two weeks today I’ll be back in Perth to spend Easter and my birthday with my brother and his girlfriend, who are visiting from the UK. So I thought I’d do a little post about my fave swimming beaches there! After living in both Perth and Sydney, Perth’s beaches still hold a special place in my heart, and although the rocks in Sydney are nice and all…you just can’t compare to the clear sparkling waters of Leighton and Cottesloe.
All of the beaches on this list have very little waves, if any at all. For me a good swimming beach needs to have a great stretch of sand, and the water needs to be flat-ish. I’m not very good with waves. I used to be, I used to love swimming under the waves and out to the deep flat ocean behind them, but then I had a little incident in 2009 when I was 17 – I was caught under a dumping wave for what seemed like forever, almost drowned, and ended up in hospital with too much water in my lungs.
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So, ready to find out where the best beaches for swimming in Perth are? Let’s go!
1. Leighton Beach
2. Parakeet Bay, Rottnest Island
3. South Cottesloe Beach
Ahh South Cottesloe. The only reason this one isn’t number one is because of the insane amount of steps you have to walk down (and then back up) to get to the beach. I mean, it’s not actually a crazy amount, but when it’s 35 degrees celcius, the last thing you want to do is walk up a load of steps. However, the beach is worth it. The water is also super calm and you can literally just float around in the water soaking up the rays.
4. Swanbourne Beach
5. Yanchep Lagoon
Ooooh Yanchep Lagoon. It was actually Hannah that introduced me to this gem. It’s a little far up from Perth, around a 45min drive up the coast, but well worth the extra time. The lagoon is protected by a reef, so not only is the lagoon completely calm, but you don’t need to worry about sharks 😉
6. The Basin, Rottnest Island
Another goodun’ from Rotto. The Basin is similar to Yanchep, the swimming hole is surrounded by a reef, so it’s great for snorkelling and swimming! It’s also really close to the main village of Thompson Bay so you can easily walk there within 10mins.
7. Floreat Beach
I love Floreat Beach despite the frequent dumping waves. When you go on a calm day early in the morning before the sea breeze comes in, it’s just bliss. Also the Floreat Kiosk is just amaze and they do really great food!
I’m so excited to go back to Perth in two weeks! Fingers crossed the weather is still good, it was super rubbish when I was back over Christmas so I spent the whole week in jeans haha.
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