Warringah Beaches

Warringah is home to some of Sydney's most scenic coastline and cleanest beaches. There are nine patrolled beaches covering 185 hectares of sand, forshore, dunes, lagoons and bluffs, and six rockpools.

• Request a Service - Surf Clubs Maintenance
• Beach and rockpool bookings

Warringah's Beaches

• Collaroy
• Dee Why
• Freshwater
• Long Reef
• Narrabeen
• North Curl Curl
• North Narrabeen
• South Curl Curl
• South Narrabeen
• rockpools

Summer Swimming Season

Beaches in Warringah, except for Narrabeen and South Narrabeen, are patrolled seven days a week during the beach season. To find out times of each location click on the links above.

At the start of a shift at 9am, lifeguards place out rescue equipment, then flags and signs. At the end of a shirt, lifeguards begin to pack up flags and signage approx. 10 minutes before the end of patrol time. Rescue equipment remains available and the beaches are under surveillance until the designated finish time.

Patrol start dates

Patrol end dates

3 Sept, 2011	24 Sept, 2011	25 April, 2012	27 May, 2012
Freshwater			Freshwater
Dee Why			Dee Why
	South Curl Curl	South Curl Curl
	North Curl Curl	North Curl Curl
	Long Reef	Long Reef
	Collaroy	Collaroy
	North Narrabeen	North Narrabeen
	Narrabeen*	Narrabeen*
	South Narrabeen*	South Narrabeen*

*Narrabeen and South Narrabeen Beaches are patrolled on weekends and public holidays ONLY except for during the Christmas school holidays, 19 December 2011 - 20 January 2012, when these beaches will be patrolled 7 days per week. 

Parking

Parking at Warringah beaches is free for vehicles with a Warringah Council parking sticker. Pay'n'Display is available for those without. The cost for Pay'n'Display parking is:

• Monday to Friday - $8 per day
• Weekends - $25 per day
• Monday to Sunday - $5 per hour

There are designated accessible car spaces available.

Transport

Click on Sydney Buses for timetables of buses to all our beaches.

Latest reports

• Bureau of Meteorology

• Manly Hydraulics Laboratory

Beach and Rockpool Bookings To book a beach or rockpool for general school use, swimming carnivals and local swimming clubs, you must have at a minimum $10 million Public Liability Insurance and a Beach and Rockpool Booking Application Form (PDF, 46KB) must be completed and then either: Fax it to Council's Reserves Booking Officer on 9942 2646; or  Email it to: reservebookings@warringah.nsw.gov.au Access to some reserves and public amenities may require a key, which is subject to a fee and a bond.  Keys require a deposit/bond of $50 which is refunded on its return.  Application and collection of keys is via the Customer Service Centre 9942 2111 (Warringah Council 725 Pittwater Rd Dee Why) and requires 7 days notice. Cancellations If a confirmed booking is cancelled for an event within 30 days of the hire date, an administration fee of 20 per cent of the booking fee will be charged. No refund of the hire fee is payable if notice of cancellation is received after the date of the function, unless the event is cancelled by Council. Warringah Council reserves the right to cancel bookings at any time due to emergencies or other issues associated with the management of reserves.  A full refund will be provided in this instance. Payment Payment can be made by the following means: Contact method Payment method Location By mail Cheque or money order Warringah Council, 725 Pittwater  Rd, Dee Why, NSW, 2099 In Person Cash, credit card, cheque, money order Customer Service Centre, 725 Pittwater Rd, Dee Why. Open:  8:30am – 5:00pm, Mon-Fri By Fax Credit card Fax: 9942 2606 Note: Credit card payments cannot be made over the phone or internet. AMEX, EFT or EFPOS payments cannot be accepted. Cheques are to be made payable to Warringah Council.

For further information regarding your application please contact the Reserves Booking Office on 9942 2545.