Sydney's Beaches

Surf Beaches
From Palm Beach in the north to Cronulla in the south, there are many beaches along the Pacific shore where you can search for and find the perfect wave.
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Calm Ocean Beaches
If you'd like to swim in the ocean but want to avoid pounding waves and surf, there are many bays and ocean pools up and down the coast where you can swim in safety.
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Harbour and River Beaches
Sydney Harbour and the rivers of the Sydney region have many beaches where you can take a walk or swim.
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Ocean & Harbour Rock Pools
Sydney’s coastal and harbour baths and pools have been pleasing casual bathers for generations. Construction of the pools began in the late 19th Century, partly to protect swimmers from drowning and shark attacks, but many were also a conciliatory gesture by councils because swimming at beaches in daylight hours was illegal until 1903 and landowners didn’t want swimmers on beaches near their properties.

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Pittwater and Hawkesbury River
A former haunt for smugglers, Pittwater is located to the north of Sydney where the Hawkesbury River enters the Pacific Ocean. Today Pittwater and the Hawkesbury are both boating paradises dotted by isolated pristine beaches on their shores.

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