Coogee Eco Net Snorkel
LOCATION Coogee Beach, 40 minutes south of Perth
DEPTH 1 -8 Meters
WATER TEMP 18 – 24 Degrees
DIFFICULTY Easy to Medium
Easy beach entry, the water gets deeper as you follow the net around
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Coogee Eco Net Snorkel
LOCATION Coogee Beach, 40 minutes south of Perth
DEPTH 1 – 8 meters
WATER TEMP 18 – 24 Degrees
DIFFICULTY Easy – Medium
Easy beach entry, the water gets deeper as you follow the net around
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Google Map data © 2025 Imagery © Airbus, CNES / Airbus, Maxar Technologies
Coogee Eco Net Snorkel
This permanent eco-barrier at Coogee beach is a fantastic structure to explore. While it does get cleaned from time to time, the weed and sponges growing on the net attract a lot of life and make for a fun snorkel. If conditions are good you can also checkout the jetty which is right there too.
What Can I See?
Western smooth Boxfish, gold-lined bream, trevally, fan bellied leather jackets and stripeys all weaved their way through the net. Just take your time as drift along, you never know what could appear.
Getting There
About 35 mins south of the centre of Perth, Coogee Beach is an easy drive. Look for the turn off to the car park from Cockburn Road. The Omeo Wreck is about 300m from the northern end of the net, so make sure you check that out too.
The 548 from Elizabeth Quay Bus Station will get you to Coogee Beach via public transport. There is a stop right next to the beach on Cockburn Road
Where & How do you get in?
Super easy snorkel to embark on. Just walk in off the beach at one end of the net.
Potential Hazards
On a good snorkelling day, there isn’t much to worry about here. The net does extend 50m from the shore so the water does get deep – keep that in mind if you prefer to be able to get stand up easily.
How Busy / Crowds
Coogee Beach can be busy but with a 400m perimeter there is plenty of room to do a lap of the net
Parking
Like any of Perth’s popular beaches, Coogee can be a busy place especially on weekends and holidays. There are 2 generous carpark off Cockburn Road. If you want to position yourself between the net and Omeo Wreck, you could go for a park along southern end of Socrates Parade.
The information for each snorkel spot is provided by people who have snorkelled there. However, snorkelling conditions change daily. Please be aware that wind, swell, tides and cloud cover can all affect visibility and your experience in the water.
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Tours
Coogee is an easy snorkel from the beach, but it you would prefer a snorkel tour here are some of the best snorkel tours around Perth.
Best Conditions
Generally, the earlier in the day you snorkel around Perth, the better conditions will be. Often, by around lunchtime, westerly winds pick up which can create waves and reduce visibility. If the prevailing wind for the day has an easterly aspect to it, you usually get better conditions. Several days in a row of easterly or light winds can make for excellent snorkelling.
If you can also snorkel at the change of tide or on a smaller tide, you are less likely to experience currents.
Windy Map Instructions – Click on the wind icon in the top right to see other conditions such as swell, temperature, rain. To clear the four day forecast click and close the wind icon.
Facilities at Coogee
Toilets
Showers
Picnic Tables
Parking
BBQ’s
Shade
Food & Drinks
Gear Hire
Life Guards
About the Snorkel
After an uninspiring snorkel at the Cottesloe shark net/eco-barrier a few days earlier, we had our fingers crossed as we made our way to the Coogee Beach Net.
We weren’t disappointed. Being a year round fixture there was a lot more growth on the net at Coogee and this seemed to attract a lot more sea life.
We started at the northern end of the net and made our way along – one of us on the inside and one on the outside. Our plan was to then head across to the nearby Ammo Jetty but that didn’t work out – more on that shortly.
We seemed to catch the current or tide for our snorkel so had what was almost a relaxing drift along the net watching all sorts of fish dart from one side to the other. There were schools of goldlined bream everywhere. We also spotted schools of herrings, trevally and some mackerel down lower.
One of our favourites – the strikingly coloured black and yellow stripeys were also easy to spot. There were also several types of leather jackets including the very ornate fan bellied variety and we spotted a western smooth boxfish too. Visibility down lower was a bit average so we stayed up top in the better light.
After a relaxing float around the perimeter of the net we made our way to the jetty but visibility there was terrible – a complete pea souper. There were also lots of kids jetty jumping and people trying to fish so we gave the jetty a big miss. We have seen some nice pics from jetty so maybe give it a try out of school holidays and in better conditions.
If you don’t mind the water getting a bit deeper as you go out, and prefer the safety of the net, Coogee is a fun snorkel. It would certainly be our pick if you ae choosing between the nets at Coogee and Cottesloe.
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