Boat ramps near Manly
We list 73 boat ramps within 25 km of Manly, NSW. Recorded facilities: 34 with toilets, 22 with car or trailer parking, 7 with a fish cleaning table.
Both an unnamed ramp at Manly and Little Manly Cove are 1.0 km from the town centre. The 25 km circle around Manly holds 73 listed ramps, 21 of them inside 10 km, and Clontarf Reserve Boat Ramp is among the nearer named ones at 3.5 km. The Spit Road Boat Ramp (Mosman) and Tunks Park (Cammeray) are others.
The Parramatta River has the most ramps recorded by Transport for NSW on this page, 11, ahead of Sydney Harbour, and Manly Dam, Narrabeen Lagoon and Cooks River are also among the waterways recorded. Council areas include Northern Beaches, Canada Bay, Inner West and North Sydney, among others.
Toilets are noted at 34 ramps and car parking at 22. A blank in the facility records means nothing is known.
Highlights
Most launching lanes
- Kyeemagh Boat Ramp 4 lanes
- Port Botany - Foreshore Road 4 lanes
- Apple Tree Bay Boat Ramp 3 lanes
- Bayview Boat Ramp (Rowland Reserve) 3 lanes
- Blaxland Road Boat Ramp 3 lanes
Most facilities recorded
- Bonna Point 8 facilities
- Jamieson Park 8 facilities
- Bayview Boat Ramp (Rowland Reserve) 7 facilities
- Bilarong Reserve Boat Ramp 7 facilities
- Davidson Park - Garigal National Park (Roseville Bridge) 7 facilities
Facilities recorded at the ramp or mapped within 150 m.
Largest car parks
- Margaret St, Woolwich 27 spaces
- Fishermans Beach Long Reef Boat Ramp 25 spaces
- Middle Creek Reserve (no 1) 8 spaces
- Manly Dam - Section 1(Part of Manly Warringah War Memorial Park) - Non motorised boats only unless authorised by Waterskiing Association 5 spaces
- Manly Dam - Section 3 (Part of Manly Warringah War Memorial Park) - Non motorised boats only unless authorised by Waterskiing Association 2 spaces
Parking spaces recorded by Transport for NSW, the WA Department of Transport or Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads.
Pontoon at the ramp
- Port Botany - Foreshore Road 4 lanes
- Kyeemagh Boat Ramp 4 lanes
- Bayview Boat Ramp (Rowland Reserve) 3 lanes
- Davidson Park - Garigal National Park (Roseville Bridge) 3 lanes
- Taplin Park 3 lanes
Usable at all tides
- Port Botany - Foreshore Road 4 lanes
- Kyeemagh Boat Ramp 4 lanes
- Davidson Park - Garigal National Park (Roseville Bridge) 3 lanes
- Apple Tree Bay Boat Ramp 3 lanes
- Taplin Park 3 lanes
Water access at all times (Transport for NSW) or not tide limited (Queensland TMR).
All listed ramps
| Boat ramp, Manly | 1.0 km | Yes | Free | ||
| Little Manly Cove | 1.0 km | 1 | Yes | Yes | Free |
| Clontarf Reserve Boat Ramp | 3.5 km | 1 | Yes | Free | |
| Manly Dam - Section 1(Part of Manly Warringah War Memorial Park) - Non motorised boats only unless authorised by Waterskiing Association | 3.6 km | 1 | Yes | Fee payable | |
| The Spit Road Boat Ramp | 3.9 km | 1 | Yes | Free | |
| Manly Dam - Section 3 (Part of Manly Warringah War Memorial Park) - Non motorised boats only unless authorised by Waterskiing Association | 4.2 km | 1 | Yes | Fee payable | |
| Tunks Park | 6.7 km | 2 | Yes | Free | |
| Fishermans Beach Long Reef Boat Ramp | 6.7 km | 2 | Yes | Yes | Free |
| Davidson Park - Garigal National Park (Roseville Bridge) | 7.8 km | 3 | Yes | Fee payable | |
| Boat ramp, Rose Bay | 8.4 km | ||||
| Milsons Park Boat Ramp | 8.6 km | 1 | Yes | Free | |
| Lyne Park | 8.6 km | 2 | Yes | Free | |
| Jamieson Park | 8.8 km | 1 | Yes | Yes | Fee payable |
| Boat ramp, Wheeler Heights | 8.8 km | ||||
| Middle Creek Reserve (no 1) | 9.1 km | 1 | Yes | Yes | Fee payable |
| Quiberie Park Boat Ramp | 9.1 km | 1 | Yes | Free | |
| Boat ramp, Double Bay | 9.5 km | Yes | Yes | Free | |
| Bilarong Reserve Boat Ramp | 9.6 km | Yes | Yes | Free | |
| Boat ramp, Dawes Point | 9.6 km | ||||
| Boat ramp, McMahons Point | 9.7 km | ||||
| Sayonara Slipway | 9.8 km | Yes | Yes | ||
| Barney's Cut | 10 km | ||||
| Boat ramp, North Narrabeen | 11 km | Yes | |||
| Boat ramp, Bondi Beach | 11 km | ||||
| Manns Pl, Manns Point, Greenwich | 11 km | 1 | No | Yes | Free |
| Boat ramp, Balmain East | 11 km | ||||
| Margaret St, Woolwich | 12 km | 2 | No | Free | |
| Boat ramp, Birchgrove | 12 km | ||||
| Boat ramp, Balmain | 13 km | ||||
| Boat ramp, Chatswood West (2) | 13 km | ||||
| Burns Bay Reserve Boat Ramp | 13 km | 2 | Yes | Free | |
| Boat ramp, Chatswood West (1) | 13 km | Yes | Yes | Free | |
| Boat ramp, Drummoyne | 13 km | ||||
| Rozelle Public Pontoon | 13 km | Free | |||
| Taplin Park | 14 km | 3 | Yes | Free | |
| Boat ramp, Huntleys Point | 14 km | ||||
| Boat ramp, Rodd Point | 15 km | ||||
| Bayview Boat Ramp (Rowland Reserve) | 15 km | 3 | Yes | Yes | Fee payable |
| Boat ramp, Newport (2) | 15 km | Yes | |||
| Hawthorn Canal Boat Ramp | 15 km | 1 | No | Free | |
| Boat ramp, Henley | 15 km | ||||
| Boat ramp, Bayview | 15 km | Yes | |||
| Battersea Park Passive Watercraft Access | 16 km | Free | |||
| Boat ramp, Tennyson Point | 16 km | ||||
| Boat ramp, Abbotsford | 16 km | ||||
| Boat ramp, Newport (1) | 16 km | ||||
| Hen and Chicken Bay Boat Ramp | 16 km | Yes | |||
| Kendall Bay, Cabarita Park | 17 km | 1 | Yes | Free | |
| Bayview Park Boat Ramp | 17 km | 2 | Yes | Free | |
| Church Point Reserve Boat Ramp | 17 km | Yes | |||
| Boat ramp, Canada Bay | 17 km | ||||
| Akuna Bay Boat Ramp | 17 km | 2 | Yes | Yes | Fee payable |
| Kissing Point Park Boat Ramp | 18 km | 2 | Yes | Yes | Free |
| Boat ramp, Clareville (2) | 18 km | Free | |||
| Uhrs Point Reserve Passive Craft Launch Facility | 18 km | Free | |||
| Boat ramp, Clareville (1) | 18 km | Yes | Yes | ||
| Blaxland Road Boat Ramp | 19 km | 3 | No | Free | |
| Mackey Park Canoe Ramp | 19 km | ||||
| Boat ramp, Avalon Beach | 19 km | ||||
| Tempe Basin | 19 km | 1 | No | Free | |
| Fishermans Road Boat Ramp | 19 km | 1 | No | Yes | Free |
| Boat ramp, Malabar | 19 km | ||||
| Boat ramp, Mount Kuring-Gai | 19 km | Yes | Yes | Free | |
| Ewen Park kayak launch pontoon | 19 km | Yes | Free | ||
| Port Botany - Foreshore Road | 20 km | 4 | Yes | Free | |
| Wharf Road Boat Ramp | 20 km | 2 | No | Free | |
| Kyeemagh Boat Ramp | 20 km | 4 | Yes | Free | |
| Apple Tree Bay Boat Ramp | 20 km | 3 | Yes | Yes | Fee payable |
| Boat ramp, Kyeemagh | 21 km | ||||
| Boat ramp, Palm Beach | 22 km | ||||
| Sand Point Boat Ramp | 22 km | 2 | Yes | Free | |
| Silverwater Park | 22 km | 2 | Yes | Free | |
| Bonna Point | 25 km | 2 | Yes | Yes | Free |
Blank cells: not recorded in the source data. Distances are straight-line from the town centre, up to 25 km. Click a column heading to sort.
Ramps near the town by local government area
| Northern Beaches | 23 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Canada Bay | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Inner West | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Sydney | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ryde | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Woollahra | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bayside | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Hornsby | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hunters Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Cove | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Parramatta | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Randwick | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sydney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mosman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sutherland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Waverley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Click a column heading to sort. Counts are ramps with the item recorded in the source data.
Questions and answers
How many boat ramps are there near Manly?
Boat Ramp Spots lists 73 boat ramps within 25 km of Manly: 34 with toilets recorded and 22 with parking recorded.
What is the nearest boat ramp to Manly?
Boat ramp, Manly, about 1.0 km in a straight line from the town centre.
Which boat ramp near Manly has the most launching lanes?
2 ramps share the most launching lanes recorded (4): Kyeemagh Boat Ramp and Port Botany - Foreshore Road.
Which boat ramps near Manly have a pontoon?
A pontoon at the ramp is recorded at 16 ramps, including Port Botany - Foreshore Road, Kyeemagh Boat Ramp and Bayview Boat Ramp (Rowland Reserve).
Can I launch at any tide near Manly?
State records list 24 ramps as usable at all tides, including Port Botany - Foreshore Road, Kyeemagh Boat Ramp and Davidson Park - Garigal National Park (Roseville Bridge). 1 ramp is recorded as tide limited. For the other ramps the tide range is not recorded: check tides before you go.
Do I have to pay to launch a boat near Manly?
A launch fee is recorded at 8 ramps and free launching at 35 ramps. For the other ramps no fee information is recorded.
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