Best Beaches In & Near Wollongong

By The Beach Guide | Last Updated: December 21, 2021

Map featuring Wollongong beaches. Click on pins to view beach details

2. Austinmer Beach

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Travel time from Wollongong: approx 0.5 hrs
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3. Garie Beach

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Travel time from Wollongong: approx 1 hr

The Royal National Park, just south of Sydney is home to more than ten beautiful, pristine beaches of which Garie beach is widely recognised as the finest. A one km stretch of golden sand backed by the steeply rising forested vallies of the park this beach has changed little over the centuries.
Despite its stunning natural beauty Garie Beach is not without its dangers and strong rip currents can make swimming unsafe.… read more »
5. Stanwell Park Beach

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Travel time from Wollongong: approx 0.5 hrs
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6. Wattamolla Beach

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Travel time from Wollongong: approx 1 hr

Located in Royal National Park, Wattamolla Beach is a popular sandy beach in Sydney South. The beach has soft white sand with ocean waves on one side and calm lagoon waters on the other. The name "Wattamolla" comes from the Aboriginal "place near running water". Although apparently the beach was first discovered by English cartographer Matthew Flinders in 1796. There is a waterfall next to the parking area and jumping… read more »
9. Seven Mile Beach

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Travel time from Wollongong: approx 1 hr

There's no real need to guess the length of Seven Mile Beach, although there may have been some rounding error! Situated between Nowra and Kiama, the beach comes in at 12 kilometres (7.8 miles) long. Backed almost exclusively by uninterrupted littoral forest with eucalyptus (gum) trees, it is encompassed into Seven Mile Beach National Park.
Its long ribbon of pale sand gets wider and narrow due to the prevailing ocean currents,… read more »
10. Marley Beach

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Travel time from Wollongong: approx 1 hr

Sometimes called Big Marley Beach, this stretch of sand sits within Royal National Park just south of Sydney. One of the largest beaches within reach of the city, its gently sloping orange-yellow sands give way to sand dunes covering an area of 130,000 square metres.
Facing towards the southeast, Marley Beach is just under 400 metres in length, and about the same in depth. Horizontal rocks at its southern end are… read more »
11. Jibbon Beach

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Travel time from Wollongong: approx 1 hr

Located at the point at which the southern Sydney suburbs rub up against the Royal National Park, Jibbon Beach and the nearby Little Jibbon Beach face north into the outer reaches of Port Hacking.
Jibbon Beach is approximately 700 meters in length and made up of clean yellow sands dotted with occasional flat rock protruding up from beneath the surface. Part shaded by trees and other shrubs, it takes its name… read more »
13. Malabar Beach

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Travel time from Wollongong: approx 1 hr

Malabar Beach is one of the less well-known beaches in the south of Sydney, not far from the airport. The name comes from one of two shipwrecks that lie in the bay: the MV Malabar, with the other being the the Goolwa.
Facing southeast, Malabar Beach is enclosed by rocky headlands at either end with cliffs providing shelter from offshore winds. Generally it's ideal for all types of watersports as the… read more »
20. Maroubra Beach

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Travel time from Wollongong: approx 1 hr
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Best Beaches In & Near Wollongong

1. Warilla Beach

2. Austinmer Beach

3. Garie Beach

4. Corrimal Beach

5. Stanwell Park Beach

6. Wattamolla Beach

7. Burning Palms Beach

8. Werri Beach

9. Seven Mile Beach

10. Marley Beach

11. Jibbon Beach

12. Cronulla Beach

13. Malabar Beach

14. Greenhills Beach

15. Boat Harbour (Kurnell)

16. Lady Robinsons Beach

17. Silver Beach

18. Congwong Beach

19. Yarra Bay

20. Maroubra Beach

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