The coastal section of Kalbarri National Park extends along the Indian Ocean cliff line south of town, with a series of lookouts accessible by sealed road and short walks. Red Bluff, the most dramatic, sits on a headland of deep red sandstone dropping 30 metres straight into the ocean — the waves visible from the top are a consistent swell hitting an unobstructed fetch from thousands of kilometres of open Indian Ocean.
The Mushroom Rock and Eagle Gorge lookouts are worth the short walks involved; Eagle Gorge has a particularly good natural swimming hole in a protected sea cave, accessible at low tide with care. Pot Alley is a favourite with local surfers — a right-hand break that peels along a sandstone reef. The coastal road is fully sealed and the drive between lookouts is pleasant in itself, with occasional whale sightings from the cliff tops between June and November as humpback whales migrate north and south along the WA coast.