No trip to Perth can be considered complete without a visit to this famous beach of the city and if you go there on weekends then you will understand just how famous the beach is with the locals who swarm the beach especially on Sundays. The biggest attraction of Cottlesloe is the beach itself with its bone white and soft sand and the clearest warm water perfect for a swim. But the reason why most of the people prefer Cottlesloe over the rest of the beaches in the area is its restaurants and pubs that provide the best dinning and drinking experience in the area. The beach is also great for adventurous sports and there a lot of resorts on the beach that provide the equipment for such activities. If you are a licensed scuba diver then you will find the waters along the beach a great place to dive as they are rich in marine life. While swimming in the waters of Cottlesloe you have to be careful about just one aspect and that is staying inside the area marked by the lifeguards by placing the floating flags in the water as the waters outside the area are rough and dangerous.
If you are going to the beach with your family then the Rockwell will be the place that you want to head to as this part of Cottlesloe has the most secured beach and its restaurants are also the best in the area. This will be the most crowdie part of the beach as most of the families head to it on the weekends. If you are looking for solitude then this is not the part of the beach you will want to go to instead you can find enough deserted places along the length of the beach for relaxing. Cottlesloe also have an added advantage on beaches like Bondi that unlike Bondi in Sydney alcohol is permitted here and you can get it from most of the restaurants and bars of the beach. Cottlesloe is also the beach that brought the sport of surfing to the Western Australia and if you are a surfing enthusiast then you will find plenty of people of your kind having a time of their lives in Cottlesloe.