Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first indication of a first set of random access occasions associated with a synchronization signal block that corresponds with a first receive beam of a base station. The UE may receive a second indication of a second set of random access occasions that are each associated with a respective receive beam of a set of receive beams of the base station. Each receive beam of the set of receive beams may spatially overlap a portion of the first receive beam. The UE may transmit the random access message using a selected random access occasion of the second set of random access occasions.