How long is cottesloe beach

Last June, councillors decided on the barrier to make bathers feel safer and support beach shops following uncertainty caused by a series of great white shark attacks in WA since , including two fatalities in Cottesloe. Ms Cassell estimated trade had increased up to 20 per cent as a result of early morning swimmers doing lengths of the enclosure created by the barrier between Cottesloe Groyne and the old shark net pylon.

Cottesloe Mayor Phil Angers said the council planned to have the barrier back in the water by October.

Rolled sections of the barrier will now dry to kill any encrusted marine organisms before they are removed. Mr Moss has other barriers at Sorrento and Coogee beaches. The Cottesloe barrier was the first to use a new system of extra strong, four-way links between its 1sq m sections. Mr Moss said no strains had been observed between the links. The West Australian. Arriving at where the net meets the groyne, I wasn't seeing too much life around but then a school of small bait fish appeared out of nowhere and I followed them around trying to get some decent shots.

As I headed along the edge of the net I started spotting Sea Nettles and tried to keep well out their way. With the poor visibility I was constantly scanning for these floating menaces and it kind of distracted me from searching for different fish along the shark net. When I did see something cool, there was always a Sea Nettle in the way so had to do some creative diving to avoid being stung. I made it to the pylon and despite the murky conditions, I had some cool finds including a large black Sea Hare, a toxic blob that are particularly harmful to dogs.

After a bit of an exploration I headed back to the groyne but the light was fading and the visibility remained poor so I joined Caris on the beach to watch the sunset, vowing to return.

Return I did a few days later with friends Aron and Jen to what I hoped would be better conditions. On a busy Saturday morning we headed out and did the same little loop, this time with less stingers in the water but with visibility not much better. We spotted what I think was the same black Sea Hare near the pylon and a few different fish I had not seen a few days prior. Eventually we headed back to the groyne where I was surprised to see the visibility had improved somewhat near the shark barrier.

Along the groyne was still terrible as the many lap swimmers that take a breather on the rocks kick up a lot of rubbish. With Jen afraid of sharks and Aron not feeling well, I jumped over the shark barrier to explore the other side, along with the southern edge of the groyne. While visibility was still poor, I was happy to see a mass of schooling Western Pomfred just chilling a few metres off the net.

A group of fellow snorkellers were in the area admiring the schools so I didn't feel so bad about not having a dive buddy nearby. I started taking many photos and was surprised to see them barely move as I got closer, something you can see in the short video posted at the bottom of the page.

The camera was having difficulty focussing on the fish and not the floating debris so getting clear shots was very hard but I managed to get a few by diving down a couple of metres. In a cool effect, the fish seemed to be schooling in layers with the Western Pomfred on top, some Buffalo Bream in the middle and some much bigger darker fish a bit below them. North Cottesloe has more limited parking and consequently is usually a less crowded beach.

The beach was one of the first developed on the Perth coast. Following the opening of the Perth to Fremantle railway in people began walking the 1 km from Cottesloe railway station to the beach. Surfing is prohibited north of the Cottesloe groyne to m north of this point from the 1st October - 31st March.