Beaches in Manly NSW

Manly has 21 beaches within reach, spread across 17 streets. The closest sits 350 m east of the suburb centre, the furthest 3.9 km south-west, with a typical trip of about 1.6 km. At the 16,296 residents counted here in 2021, that is roughly one for every 776 people. The suburb sits in Northern Beaches.

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

• Manly Beach
  South Steyne · 350 m east of the centre
• East Manly Cove Beach
  East Esplanade · 450 m south of the centre
• North Steyne Beach
  North Steyne · 500 m north of the centre
• Delwood Beach
  The Crescent · 750 m west of the centre
• Little Manly Cove
  Stuart Street · 1 km south of the centre
• Fairlight Beach
  Lauderdale Avenue · 1 km west of the centre · in Fairlight
• Queenscliff Beach
  North Steyne · 1.1 km north of the centre
• Shelly Beach
  Marine Parade · 1.2 km east of the centre
• Collins Flat Beach
  Spring Cove Avenue · 1.3 km south-east of the centre · sunrise-sunset
• Reef Beach
  Beatty Street · 1.6 km south-west of the centre · in Balgowlah Heights
• Forty Baskets Beach
  Beatty Street · 1.6 km south-west of the centre · in Balgowlah Heights
• Dirty Haul Beach
  Lauderdale Avenue · 1.6 km west of the centre · in Balgowlah
• Store Beach
  North Head Scenic Drive · 1.7 km south of the centre
• Freshwater Beach
  Crown Road · 1.8 km north of the centre · in Queenscliff
• Quarantine Beach
  North Head Scenic Drive · 2 km south of the centre
• Washaway Beach
  Tabalum Road · 2.9 km south-west of the centre · in Clontarf
• Castle Rock Beach
  Ogilvy Road · 2.9 km south-west of the centre · in Clontarf
• Clontarf Beach
  Fairbairn Avenue · 3.2 km west of the centre · in Clontarf
• Curl Curl Beach
  Carrington Parade · 3.2 km north of the centre · in Curl Curl
• Cobblers Beach
  Middle Head Road · 3.8 km south-west of the centre · in Mosman
• Chinamans Beach
  Mclean Crescent · 3.9 km south-west of the centre · in Mosman