Beaches in Fairlight NSW

Fairlight has 23 beaches within reach, spread across 18 streets. The closest sits 450 m south of the suburb centre, the furthest 4 km south, with a typical trip of about 2.2 km. At the 6,141 residents counted here in 2021, that is roughly one for every 267 people. The suburb sits in Northern Beaches.

Most of them are on Lauderdale Avenue (2), Beatty Street (2), North Steyne (2), North Head Scenic Drive (2), Middle Head Road (2).

• Fairlight Beach
  Lauderdale Avenue · 450 m south of the centre
• Delwood Beach
  The Crescent · 550 m south-east of the centre · in Manly
• Dirty Haul Beach
  Lauderdale Avenue · 650 m west of the centre · in Balgowlah
• Forty Baskets Beach
  Beatty Street · 950 m south-west of the centre · in Balgowlah Heights
• East Manly Cove Beach
  East Esplanade · 1.2 km south-east of the centre · in Manly
• North Steyne Beach
  North Steyne · 1.2 km east of the centre · in Manly
• Reef Beach
  Beatty Street · 1.3 km south of the centre · in Balgowlah Heights
• Manly Beach
  South Steyne · 1.4 km east of the centre · in Manly
• Queenscliff Beach
  North Steyne · 1.5 km north-east of the centre · in Manly
• Little Manly Cove
  Stuart Street · 1.6 km south-east of the centre · in Manly
• Collins Flat Beach
  Spring Cove Avenue · 2.1 km south-east of the centre · in Manly · sunrise-sunset
• Freshwater Beach
  Crown Road · 2.2 km north-east of the centre · in Queenscliff
• Shelly Beach
  Marine Parade · 2.2 km east of the centre · in Manly
• Store Beach
  North Head Scenic Drive · 2.3 km south-east of the centre · in Manly
• Clontarf Beach
  Fairbairn Avenue · 2.3 km west of the centre · in Clontarf
• Castle Rock Beach
  Ogilvy Road · 2.3 km south-west of the centre · in Clontarf
• Washaway Beach
  Tabalum Road · 2.4 km south-west of the centre · in Clontarf
• Quarantine Beach
  North Head Scenic Drive · 2.4 km south-east of the centre · in Manly
• Chinamans Beach
  Mclean Crescent · 3.2 km south-west of the centre · in Mosman
• Cobblers Beach
  Middle Head Road · 3.5 km south of the centre · in Mosman
• Curl Curl Beach
  Carrington Parade · 3.5 km north-east of the centre · in Curl Curl
• Balmoral Beach
  The Esplanade · 3.7 km south-west of the centre · in Mosman
• Obelisk Beach
  Middle Head Road · 4 km south of the centre · in Mosman