List of beaches in Sydney

Shark Beach, Vaucluse in summer.

The city of Sydney, Australia, is home to some of the finest and most famous beaches in the world. There are well over 100 beaches in the city, ranging in size from a few feet to several kilometres, located along the city's Pacific Ocean coastline and its harbours, bays and rivers.

With around 70 surf beaches and dozens of harbour coves, Sydney is almost unrivalled in the world for the number and quality of beaches available. The water and sand among the city beaches, despite their popularity, are remarkably clean.^[1] The beach watch program was established in 1989 in response to community concern about the impact of sewage pollution on human health and the environment at Sydney's ocean beaches.^[2]

Ocean beaches

Sydney's ocean beaches include the internationally renowned Bondi, Coogee and Manly. The ocean beaches are usually divided into the Northern Beaches, located north of the entrance to Sydney Harbour and the southern beaches which are in the eastern suburbs and Cronulla area. Most beach suburbs have one beach but some have more. Manly has eight beaches that range from the large 1.6-kilometre (1 mi) Ocean Beach to the tiny Fairy Bower Beach.

From north to south, Sydney's ocean beaches are:

Northern Palm Beach Whale Beach Avalon Bilgola Newport Bungan Mona Vale Warriewood Turimetta North Narrabeen Narrabeen Collaroy

Fishermans Long Reef Dee Why North Curl Curl Curl Curl Freshwater Queenscliff North Steyne Manly Fairy Bower Shelly Beach (Manly)

Southern Bondi Tamarama Bronte Clovelly Gordons Bay Coogee Maroubra Malabar

Little Bay Phillip Bay Kurnell Boat Harbour Wanda Elouera North Cronulla Cronulla Cronulla Beach Shelly Beach (Cronulla)

Manly Beach  Bondi Beach  Avalon Beach  Coogee Beach

Harbour/Bay beaches

Beaches in Port Jackson include:

Balmoral Beach Clontarf Little Manly Beach North Head Quarantine Station Beach Lady Bay Beach Camp Cove Shark Beach Milk Beach Chowder Bay, Clifton Gardens

Chinamans Beach Washaway Beach Obelisk Beach Cobblers Beach Athol Bay Beach Edwards Beach Reef Beach Blackburn Cove including Redleaf Pool

Beaches in Botany Bay include:

Bumbora Rock at the north end of Yarra Bay Congwong Beach Cooks River to the west of the airport Dolls Point Beach Foreshore Beach Frenchmans Bay Elephants Trunk Lady Robinsons Beach

Little Congwong Beach Pelican Point Penrhyn Beach possibly now part of the container terminals Sandringham Beach Silver Beach Towra Beach Taren Spit Beach Yarra Bay

There are also more beaches along the Hawkesbury River to the north, and Botany Bay and Port Hacking to the south.

Balmoral Beach  Obelisk Beach  Nielsen Park  Chowder Bay, Clifton Gardens

See also

• List of beaches in Australia
• List of Surfing locations in Australia

References

1. Tozer, Dave (2012). Sydney's Northern Beaches. Woodslane Pty Limited. ISBN 978-1-921874-65-9.
2. "Beachwatch Programs". Retrieved 28 January 2014.

• Guide to Sydney Beaches
• "Sand in our Souls - the Beach in Australian History" Leone Huntsman, MUP, 2001
• Beachsafe