Sydney (Manly) Spot Guide

This three-km (two-mile) stretch of fine-grained sandy beach is possibly Sydney’s most well-known after Bondi. It’s split by name into three sections: Queenscliff at the north end, North Steyne in the the middle, and Manly at the south end. A small surfless cove called Shelly Beach nestles inside the lee of North Head, the big block headland between Manly and Sydney Harbour. Lots of waves along the sand stretch, which is most open to east and NE swell and off-shore/clean in any wind from west to south. Much bigger waves in occasional heavy swells, off Queenscliff Bombie to the north and Winkipop/Fairy Bower to the south.