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Sydney

Surf, kitesurf, windsurf, sailing, dive, kayak, climbing and mountain biking town · Australia

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Beds: 446 places

446 places to stay within 2 km, 5 of them campsites.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

All 446 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 109 places in 8 sports

Surf · this week

  • Balmoral point · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Bay Waves · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Bondi · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Braymains · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Bronte Reef · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Butterbox · about 30 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Castel corner- curl curl · about 25 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Collaroy · about 35 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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All 74 surf spots

  • Collaroy End · about 35 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Coogee · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Coogee Bombie · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Coogee Reef · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Crazies · about 25 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Cronulla · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Cronulla · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Cronulla Pools · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • curl curl shoz · about 25 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • d-head reef · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Deadmans · about 20 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Dee why · about 30 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Diamonds · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Diggers Rights · about 25 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Dontals · about 30 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Fairlight Pool · about 20 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Fairy Bower · about 20 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Fishermans Bay · about 35 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Freshwater beach · about 25 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Greenhills · about 35 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Harvey's Little Point · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • honeycombe · about 20 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Kahnies · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Lady Jane Bay · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Long Reef Bombie · about 30 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Long-Reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • luzas · about 25 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Makaha · about 35 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Malabar · about 20 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Manly · about 20 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Maroubra Beach · about 20 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Maroubra North End Point · about 20 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Mckenzies · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Middle Head · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Monkeys · about 35 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Nielsen Park · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Nielson Park · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • North Bondi · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • North Curl Curl · about 25 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • North Narrabeen · about 35 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • North Steyne · about 20 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • papa chins · about 35 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Patch · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Pumphouse · about 20 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Queenscliff · about 20 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Queensie bombie · about 25 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Queensie Mini · about 25 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Reef Power · about 45 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Sandshoes · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Shark Island · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • South Bondi · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Sth Narrabeen · about 35 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Surf club reef · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Tama Reef · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • The Ally · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • The Boot · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • The trench · about 25 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • The Wall ( North Cronulla) · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Toads · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Trechery · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • vaucliff reef · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Washaway · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • White Rock · about 35 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Windy point, Cronulla · about 40 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Winki · about 20 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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  • Winkipop · about 20 min by car · stays in Manly · Not for beginners

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Kitesurf · this week

Windsurf · this week

Sailing · this week

All 13 sailing spots

Dive · this week

Kayak · this week

Climbing · this week

Mountain biking · this week

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Sydney; a spot more than 20 km away stays here because Sydney is the nearest town with beds.

Places to eat

6 near Sydney

Places to eat near Sydney

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Sydney on Google Maps

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Sydney.

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Photos of Sydney

Sydney Strand Arcade seen from Pitt Street
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sydney (AU), George Street, The Strand -- 2019 -- 3577
Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sydney NSW 2000, Australia - panoramio (423)
Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Sydney

where it is, what is near

Sydney is a town in New South Wales, Australia.

From Sydney you can reach 74 surf spots, 5 kitesurf spots, 5 windsurf spots, 13 sailing spots, 6 dive sites, 3 kayak spots, 1 climbing area and 2 mountain bike areas, 15 of the surf spots more than 20 km away.

The nearest is Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, a sailing spot 2.4 km from the centre.

Overture lists 446 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 5 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), 9 km away.

In New South Wales · Australia

  • 446 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 5 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), 9 km, Newcastle Airport (NTL), 133 km, Bathurst Airport (BHS), 153 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).