A giant four-metre surfing croc has closed Broome’s iconic Cable Beach for a day before moving on.

A GIANT four-metre surfing croc has closed Broome’s iconic Cable Beach for a day before moving on.

While Perth beachgoers were enthralled with a 2000kg sub-adult southern elephant seal which had “hauled out’’ on a city beach, Broome locals and visitors were captivated by the 4m croc which took to Cable Beach’s gentle swell.

The croc hung around for most of Saturday but had moved on by Sunday.

Broome woman Sharon Scoble, who took these amazing photographs, said: “He was a big boy — his head was huge.’’

“It was absolutely awesome,” Ms Scoble, a finance officer for the Kimberley Land Council, said.

“But it wouldn’t have been so awesome if I was swimming and noticed it.”

“But obviously I wasn’t in a position where it was going to harm me.

“Rangers were there so they were making sure no one was going near it.”

Ms Scoble, 51, is an avid photographer and was called to the beach by her son Matt who had spotted the croc when driving to the beach.

She said it stayed in the shallows attracting attention from curious onlookers for most of the day but had since moved on.

“It would have just gone back up one of the creeks I think.”

Local Parks and Wildlife officer Dave Woods said it is believed to be the same crocodile which had been spotted close to Broome in December. He said it was believed to be 3.5m to 4m long.

Mr Woods said the animal would be targeted for removal to the Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park, near Broome.