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Cable Beach is a 22 kilometres stretch of beach near Broome, Western Australia. In 1889, a telegraph undersea cable was laid from Broome to Singapore, connecting to England. Hence the name Cable Beach given to the landfall site. Cable Beach is situated 7 km from town along a good bitumen road.
The beach itself is beautiful white sand washed clean daily by tides that can reach over nine metres. The water is crystal clear turquoise, and the gentle swells hardly manage to topple over as they roll up onto the almost perfectly flat beach. Caution is required when swimming from November through March as box jellyfish are present during those months.
Cable Beach is home to one of Australia's most famous nudist beaches. The clothes optional area is to the north of the beach access road from the car park and continues to the mouth of Willie Creek, 17 km away. Located directly east of Cable Beach over the dunes is Minyirr Park, a coastal reserve.
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