Cable Beach
![Cable Beach at low tide](/Images/godic/202501/02/Cable_Beach,_Broome3320.jpg")
![A camel train on the beach](/Images/godic/202501/02/Cable_Beach,_Western_Australia3320.jpg")
![Sunset over the Indian Ocean](/Images/godic/202501/02/A207,_Broome,_Western_Australia,_Cable_Beach_sunset,_20073320.JPG")
Cable Beach is a 22 km (14 mi) stretch of white sand beach on the eastern Indian Ocean about 6 km (3.7 mi) west of 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.