Beaches and coves of Sydney

Bondi Beach is an iconic, broad sandy city beach on Sydney’s eastern coast.

Bronte Beach is a sandy Sydney beach set between rocky headlands and generous green parkland.

Bungan Beach is a sandy 600-metre surf beach running between Bungan and Mona Vale Heads on Sydney’s northern coast.

Camp Cove is a small sandy beach on Sydney Harbour, immediately beside Sydney Harbour National Park.

Chinamans Beach is a sheltered sandy stretch of about 250 metres on Mosman’s northern edge, set inside Middle Harbour.

Clovelly Beach sits at the end of a narrow, sheltered bay on Sydney’s eastern coast, with a small sandy shore framed by concrete sunbathing platforms.

Collaroy Beach forms part of the long surf coast that joins Narrabeen Beach in Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

Congwong Bay is a sheltered, sandy beach at La Perouse on the Botany Bay side of Sydney, set within Kamay Botany Bay National Park.

Coogee Beach is a sandy urban beach on Sydney’s eastern coast, partly sheltered by Wedding Cake Island.

Dee Why Beach is a broad, sandy and well-known surf beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

Elouera Beach is a wide golden-sand beach on Cronulla’s Bate Bay coastline, positioned between Wanda Beach and North Cronulla.

Fairlight Beach is an 80-metre, south-facing sandy cove on the northern side of Sydney Harbour, close to Manly.

Frenchmans Bay is a small, sandy beach on a calm bay in La Perouse, opening into Botany Bay in Sydney’s south-east.

Freshwater Beach is a broad sandy ocean beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches, north of Manly.

Greenhills Beach is an approximately 3-kilometre sandy shoreline at the northern end of Bate Bay, north of Cronulla.

Hayes Street Beach is a small sandy beach of about 50 metres beside the Hayes Street ferry wharf in Neutral Bay, Sydney Harbour.

Horderns Beach is a sandy Bundeena shoreline beside the village and the ferry wharf from Cronulla.

Jibbon Beach is a sandy, crescent-shaped beach of roughly 700–800 metres at the entrance to Port Hacking, on the eastern edge of Bundeena.

Little Bay Beach is a small sandy ocean beach in Sydney’s south-east, enclosed by rocky headlands.

Little Manly Cove is a short, sandy harbour beach on Sydney’s northern harbour shore, tucked between rocky headlands.

Long Reef Beach is a broad sandy surf beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, beside Long Reef Headland.

Malabar Beach is a sandy, generally calm cove on Sydney’s south-eastern coast, protected from much of the ocean swell.

Manly Beach is a broad sandy Pacific-facing surf beach in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, divided into the Queenscliff, North Steyne and South Steyne sections.

Manly Cove is a harbour-side swimming and recreation area on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour, with a sandy beach east of Manly Ferry Terminal.

Marley Beach is a remote sandy beach on the ocean-facing coast of Royal National Park, surrounded by a largely undeveloped landscape.

Maroubra Beach is a broad, sandy beach of about 1 km on Sydney’s eastern coast and one of the city’s best-known surfing destinations.

Mona Vale Beach is a broad public surf beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, with a sandy shoreline, a dividing ocean rock platform and high shale cliffs toward Warriewood.

Newport Beach is a 1.3-kilometre sandy beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, curving gently from Newport Head to Little Reef and its sandstone reef.

North Cronulla Beach is a broad and popular sandy ocean beach on the Bate Bay coastline at Cronulla.

North Curl Curl Beach forms the northern end of Curl Curl where Curl Curl Lagoon meets the ocean.

North Narrabeen Beach is a sandy, established surf beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

North Steyne Beach is the central sandy section of Manly’s famous two-kilometre ocean shoreline.

Obelisk Beach is a small sandy cove on the southern side of Middle Head in Sydney Harbour National Park.

Queenscliff Beach is a sandy, open-ocean beach at the northern headland of Sydney’s Manly Beach.

Rose Bay Beach is a sandy Sydney Harbour beach set beside a foreshore park and shaded picnic spaces.

Shelly Beach (Manly) is a small sandy cove on the sheltered shore of Cabbage Tree Bay, immediately south of Manly.

Shelly Beach (Sutherland) is a sandy, sheltered coastal spot on Ewos Parade beside Shelly Park in Cronulla.

Silver Beach is an approximately 2.8-kilometre sandy beach on the southern shore of Botany Bay at Kurnell.

South Cronulla Beach is the sandy, established surf beach commonly referred to as Cronulla Beach in Sutherland Shire.

Tamarama Beach is a short, flat sandy beach between sandstone headlands on Sydney’s Bondi to Coogee coastal-walk route.

Turimetta Beach is an approximately 400-metre sandy beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, set between Turimetta Headland and Narrabeen Headland.

Wanda Beach is a long, sandy stretch on the northern side of Cronulla’s Bate Bay coastline, with a slightly quieter feel than the central Cronulla beaches.

Warriewood Beach is a sandy Northern Beaches shoreline between Narrabeen Park Parade and South Mona Vale Headland.

Watsons Bay is a calm, protected harbour cove at the southern entrance to Sydney Harbour, with a small sandy beach used for swimming and relaxing.

Wattamolla is a distinctive Royal National Park day-use setting where a sandy ocean beach, a calm lagoon, a waterfall and lush coastal vegetation meet.

Yarra Bay sits on the northern side of Botany Bay in Phillip Bay, about seven kilometres south of central Sydney.