Scarborough: Beach, Surf and Stories on the Foreshore

Scarborough invites you to combine days at the beach with water activities and discoveries along the foreshore. At Scarborough Beach, you can surf, swim and enjoy water sports. Sunsets over the Indian Ocean also create a special moment in the evening at the beach. When planning your trip, you can start with a simple question: would you like to focus on active hours by the water, or also make time for art, stories and markets?

Enjoy the beach and water in different ways

Scarborough Beach includes a skate park. It adds another activity to the options around the beach, while surfing, swimming and water sports bring you directly in contact with the water. If you’re travelling with family, you can consider different interests when planning activities together and time spent independently, without structuring your entire stay around just one pastime.

The Scarborough Beach Pool offers an alternative to swimming in the sea: this heated swimming pool is right on the beach and overlooks the Indian Ocean. That gives you two different ways to enjoy the water—swimming in the sea or in the heated pool. Which one you prefer may influence how you plan your beach day; both are among the options that make Scarborough appealing for a water-focused holiday.

Interactive discoveries and art on the foreshore

The Scarborough Beach Play Trail connects places in the Scarborough Precinct through interactive challenges. It gives families a specific reason to include exploration and participation in their time in Scarborough. Rather than planning your stay around just one activity, you can consider whether challenges like these are among the experiences you want to shape your trip.

Visitors can also follow the Public Art Trail along the Scarborough Foreshore. It offers a distinct point of interest for travellers who want to include art in their explorations, as well as the beach and water sports. There, the Tjunta Trail tells the Dreamtime story in five episodes of children who disappeared and the spirit woman Tjunta who finds them. The art trail and story offer different cultural perspectives; if they interest you, you can make room for them alongside water activities when planning your trip.

Surf lessons and Sunset Markets

If you’d like to do more than watch surfing, you can book surf lessons in Scarborough with Go Surf Perth or Scarborough Beach Surf School. These two named providers make surf lessons a specific option for your stay. You can shape your plans for an active beach day around whether you want to get on a board yourself or prefer other activities by the water.

The Scarborough Sunset Markets offer street food and live music. They add another kind of experience to the beach, pool and surf lessons, bringing food and music together. The markets may appeal to you if you don’t want to build your trip entirely around water activities.

Choose your stay and holiday apartment to suit your interests

Your interests can guide your choice of a holiday apartment in Scarborough. First, consider whether the beach and water sports, the heated pool, the Play Trail or discoveries along the foreshore matter most to you. These activities offer different ways to spend your stay, but do not imply a particular location or amenities for any accommodation. If water activities are your main focus, your priorities will differ from those on a trip centred more on art, stories, street food or live music.

The free Surf CAT bus provides access to Scarborough Beach. If a beach visit is part of your plans, you can consider this option. Surf lessons with Go Surf Perth or Scarborough Beach Surf School are another specific option for a surf-focused stay. The experiences you’d like to combine can help you tailor your holiday apartment search to the trip you have in mind for Scarborough.

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