Best Places To Snorkel Near Broome

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Having a peninsula position means that there is water on both sides of the town and various beaches to visit, each with its own unique personality.

The most well-known beach is Cable Beach, with its white sands luring people to rest during the day and take in the beautiful Indian Ocean sunsets throughout the evening. In addition to the picture-perfect blue seas of Town Beach, it’s also the ideal location to take a trip up The Staircase to the Moon.

Almost every one of Broome’s beaches is within a ten-minute drive of the city center. When on vacation in Broome, keep an eye on the tide patterns to determine the optimum time to visit the beaches.

The Best Places To Snorkel Near Broome

We have no idea about you, but sometimes it seems like all we do is eat, drink, sleep, and repeat the cycle again and again. With so many exciting new pubs, restaurants, and cafés popping up all around Broome, we’ve become used to all of our social excursions incorporating food and drink as a rule. So it’s time to shake things up a little. Let’s make some of our social gatherings more active and outdoors-based. If you’re looking for something different to do this weekend, why not go snorkeling? We thought so.

Here are the best snorkeling spots in Broome for an exhilarating snorkeling adventure.

Clerke Reef

The Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon features swim throughs and small caves to explore. Snorkel through the Aquarium in the interior of the lagoon. Snorkellers and divers can experience moving below the surface at 6 knots viewing coral formations, schools of tropical fish and reef sharks as you travel towards the outer reef system. The Best Places To Snorkel Near Broome. 

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The Rowley Shoals from the International Space Station at 389 km (242 mi) altitude on September.

Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMapThe Rowley Shoals are off the northwest coast of Australia.
Geography
Location	Indian Ocean
Coordinates	17°20′S 119°20′ECoordinates: 17°20′S 119°20′E
Administration
Australia
State	Western Australia
Shoals	Rowley Shoals
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Time zone	AWST (UTC+8)

The Rowley Shoals is a group of three atoll-like coral reefs south of the Timor Sea, about 260 km (160 mi) west of Broome on the northwestern Australian coast, centered on 17°20′S 119°20′E, on the edge of one of the widest continental shelves in the world. Each atoll covers an area of around 80 to 90 km² (31 to 35 sq mi) within the rim of the reef, including the lagoons, while the land areas are negligible. They belong to Western Australia. They all rise steeply from the surrounding ocean floor. To the northeast lie the Scott and Seringapatam Reefs which are located on the same undersea platform.

Mermaid Reef The Best Places To Snorkel Near Broome

Snorkel one of the world’s most spectacular wall dives. Along Mermaid Reef, tropical fish and pelagic species are abundant. The occasional hammerhead shark and turtles can be seen here. Venture onwards to dive at The Caves. There are three caverns to explore by snorkel.

Rowley Shoals 

Ridel beach with its fringing coral reef can offer good snorkeling on a clear day. The cliffs are ancient and at very low tide you can see dinosaur footprints exposed below Gantheaume point. The underwater scenery in these waters and reefs are awesome.  

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The Rowley Shoals from the International Space Station at 389 km (242 mi) altitude on September.

Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMapThe Rowley Shoals are off the northwest coast of Australia.
Geography
Location	Indian Ocean
Coordinates	17°20′S 119°20′ECoordinates: 17°20′S 119°20′E
Administration
Australia
State	Western Australia
Shoals	Rowley Shoals
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Time zone	AWST (UTC+8)

The Rowley Shoals is a group of three atoll-like coral reefs south of the Timor Sea, about 260 km (160 mi) west of Broome on the northwestern Australian coast, centered on 17°20′S 119°20′E, on the edge of one of the widest continental shelves in the world. Each atoll covers an area of around 80 to 90 km² (31 to 35 sq mi) within the rim of the reef, including the lagoons, while the land areas are negligible. They belong to Western Australia. They all rise steeply from the surrounding ocean floor. To the northeast lie the Scott and Seringapatam Reefs which are located on the same undersea platform.

Cable Beach

One option that simply can’t be missed at Cable beach is snorkeling. While Snorkeling you’ll also encounter plenty of beautiful starfish if you look in the underwater grasses. These waters tend to be clear and calm, making it perfect to give the snorkeling a go.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search This article is about the beach in Australia. For the beach in Cornwall, see Porthcurno. For the beach in the Bahamas, see Cable Beach, Bahamas.

Cable Beach Western Australia
Cable Beach at low tide
Cable Beach
Coordinates	17°57′08″S 122°12′20″ECoordinates: 17°57′08″S 122°12′20″E
Population	5,436 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	6726
Location	4 km (2 mi) west of Broome CBD
LGA(s)	Shire of Broome
State electorate(s)	Kimberley
Federal division(s)	Durack

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.^[2] In 2016, the population was 5,436.^[3]

Gambier Deep Reef

If you’d like to see what’s below the surface you might want to visit the Gambier Deep Reef. Although this reef system goes as deep as 80 feet below the surface, the upper coral formations are a great spot for snorkelers to see a healthy amount of marine life. This snorkeling site is situated a short distance away from North of central Cable Beach.

Love Beach The Best Places To Snorkel Near Broome

Love Beach is a snorkeling spot, set in 40 acres of protected underwater reserve. The reef abounds with local sea life, including spiny sea urchins bigger than any you’ve ever seen before, angelfish, damselfish, snapper, butterfly fish, parrotfish, and brain coral.

The Best Places To Snorkel Near Broome

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