Beach Activities
Scarborough Beach
Perth Western Australia

Recreation

Beach Activities and Water Sports

Surfing - Beginner boards are hireable at the many Scarborough surf shops and some Scarborough accommodation properties.
Kite Surfing
Windsurfing
Fishing
Scuba Diving or Snorkelling at Marmion Marine Park. MettamsPool 5 km north of Scarborough Beach.
Skimboarding
Sandcastle building and sand sculpture
Surf Life Saving
Shell collecting.
Coastal bird watching Perth.
Beach fishing or deep sea fishing from Hillarys or the Marmion Angling Club on the coast road.

Free Yoga lessons Brighton Beach

Non-Beach Activities

Cycling. Bicycle hire at Scarborough from one of many bicycle hire stores or accommodation properties. Coastal cycling along Perth cycle paths with limited other traffic intersections is safer than heading inland.
Perth Bicycling Map 700kb PDF. Cycling around the Swan River is safe but unless you can get to that Perth cycle path safely, I recommend from Scarborough:
- North along the cycle path to Hillarys in 25 min.
- South along the cycle path via Cottesloe Beach to Fremantle in about 1.5 hours.
- Put your bicycle on the Fast Ferry to Rottnest Island at Hillarys or Fremantle.
Explore the Trigg Bushland Conservation Reserve.
Hire a tennis court from the Sportsman's Club at Abbot Park.
Sailing via northern side of Hillarys Harbour 10 minutes drive north.
In winter watch an Australian Rules football match at Abbott Park on the weekend.
Have a barbeque in one of the beach side parks. Gas is free.
Golf courses are 10 minutes from Scarborough: Karrinyup (North) and Wembley (South)
Hire or buy a kite at the top of the CBD car park.
Coastal walk path walk past Trigg Island, sheltered beaches to Hillarys Boat Harbour 2 hours.
Soccer
Snooker
10 pin bowling at the eastern end of Scarborough Beach Road.
Basketball at Scarborough Community Centre.

Images along the cycle path, Scarborough to Hillarys:

15 minutes walk from Scarborough with your snorkelling gear to the Marmion Marine Park which starts north of Trigg Island. A whole new world alive with a good variety of tame sea life.

Trigg Island top left. Sheltered beaches where I used to collect abalone in season. Sheltered beaches are all along the coast north of Trigg Island

The Australian Marine Research Laboratories, built where I used to watch HUGE community bonfires on Guy Fawkes' Night.

Hillarys boat harbour

Embark with your bikes at Hillarys boat harbour for popular day trips to Rottnest Island.

Beach limestone rocks at Lennard Street.