Cable Beach

Shire of Broome, Western Australia, Australia

Today at a glance

Best: 2 pm to sunset, sunset 5:54 pm

6 am
9.3
17 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent

7 am
9.0
17 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent

8 am
8.9
15 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent

9 am
9.2
14 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent

10 am
9.6
13 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent

11 am
9.6
14 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent

12 pm
9.5
14 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent

1 pm
9.3
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent

Now
9.3
18 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent

3 pm
9.2
20 km/h12 mph wind, Excellent

4 pm
9.1
20 km/h12 mph wind, Excellent

5 pm
9.1
20 km/h12 mph wind, Excellent

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 2 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air: 28°C82°F
Water: 30°C86°F
Wind: 1811 km/hmph WNW
Gusts: 2415 km/hmph
Waves: 0.8 m2 ft
UV: 8 high
Tide: rising
Rain: 0%
Sunset: 5:54 pm

Today

9.3Excellent6 am1710

9.0Excellent7 am1711

8.9Excellent8 am159

9.2Excellent9 am148

9.6Excellent10 am138

9.6Excellent11 am148

9.5Excellent12 pm149

9.3Excellent1 pm1610

9.3ExcellentNow1811

9.2Excellent3 pm2012

9.1Excellent4 pm2012

9.1Excellent5 pm2012

Sat

8.9Excellent6 am2113

8.0Great7 am2214

8.4Great8 am2113

8.8Excellent9 am1912

8.9Excellent10 am1912

8.9Excellent11 am2012

8.8Excellent12 pm2113

8.7Excellent1 pm2314

8.8Excellent2 pm2314

8.7Excellent3 pm2314

8.7Excellent4 pm2314

8.7Excellent5 pm2314

Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

High 9 pm, 2.9 m9 ft
Low 3 am, -1.8 m6 ft
High 9 am, 3.0 m10 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

About Cable Beach

Cable Beach is a sand beach located in Broome, Western Australia. It is 3 kilometers from Broome International Airport and 4.5 kilometers from Riddell Beach. The nearest town is Broome, situated 2.87 kilometers away.

From Wikipedia

Cable Beach is a 22 km (14 mi) stretch of white sand beach on the eastern Indian Ocean and the name of the surrounding suburb in Broome, Western Australia. Cable Beach was named after the telegraph cable laid between Broome and Java in 1889. Low cliffs of red ochre rise behind the very flat and wide beach, with waves that are mostly gentle in the dry season from May to October. In 2016, the population was 5,436.

Source: Cable Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest town: 2.9 km1.8 miBroome (city)
Nearest airport: 3 km2 miBroome International Airport (BME)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Riddell Beach4.5 km2.8 mi south away
9.5 Excellent
Town Beach - Guwarrigun4.7 km2.9 mi south-east away
9.4 Excellent
Cable Beach18 km11 mi north away
9.5 Excellent

Where to stay near the beach

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

Sat8.9 ExcellentBest 6 am to 6 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 0%
Sun9.4 ExcellentBest 6 am to 6 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
Mon8.8 ExcellentBest 6 am to 6 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 0%
Tue8.9 ExcellentBest 6 am to 2 pmWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 0%
Wed9.4 ExcellentBest 6 am to 10 amWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 2%
Thu8.1 GreatBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 1%