Novelty waves at Eagle Bay

Over the years winter storms and cyclones have produced some novelty waves at the normally placid Eagle Bay in Dunsborough.

Brief History Eagle Bay

The Bay was first named by the French (Baudin) on 1801. It was named “Anse Depuch” which means Depuch’s cove or creek. Depuch was a geologist on Baudin’s expedition.

Then in 1830 Governor Stirling and John Septimus Roe (the first surveyor General of WA) visited the area in search of land suitable for settlement, they anchored in Eagle Bay and named the location after their 108 ton schooner ‘Eagle’.

American whalers frequented the Geographe Bay coast regularly, using the sheltered waters for repairs and replenishment. There were many hundreds of these ships whaling off the coast of Geographe Bay during the 1830s.

Many of the streets in Eagle Bay are named after local shipwrecks. The Carnarvon Castle caught fire off Cape Naturaliste in 1907. The Ella Gladstone was lost at Quindalup in 1878. Day Dawn was wrecked at Quindalup in 1886. Source: SW Historians Claire Guiness and Ian Wiese.

This is a collection of Eagle Bay beach images from 2009 to 2014.

Photo: 2009 Tow-in action at Eagle Bay east end. Jim King pic.