Boat Ramp Spots

Boat ramps near Sydney

We list 108 boat ramps within 25 km of Sydney, NSW. Recorded facilities: 47 with toilets, 36 with car or trailer parking, 8 with a fish cleaning table.

Waterways recorded by Transport for NSW for ramps near Sydney range from the Georges River, with 16, and the Parramatta River, with 11, down to Port Hacking, with 6, and Sydney Harbour, with 5. Woronora River and Cooks River also appear in those records.

Out in the 25 km ring there are 108 listed ramps. The nearest is an unnamed ramp at Dawes Point, 1.7 km from the city centre, followed by Barney's Cut (Balmain East) at 2.3 km and Sayonara Slipway (Darling Point) at 2.5 km. Rozelle Public Pontoon (Glebe) and Quiberie Park Boat Ramp (Lavender Bay) are named ramps just beyond the nearest group.

Sutherland, Northern Beaches and Canada Bay are the council areas with the largest groups of these ramps. A facility missing from the records is a gap in the data, nothing more.

108boat ramps listed
47with toilets recorded
36with parking recorded
31with 2 or more lanes
30with a pontoon at the ramp
39usable at all tides

Highlights

Most launching lanes

  1. Kyeemagh Boat Ramp 4 lanes
  2. Port Botany - Foreshore Road 4 lanes
  3. Apple Tree Bay Boat Ramp 3 lanes
  4. Bayview Boat Ramp (Rowland Reserve) 3 lanes
  5. Blaxland Road Boat Ramp 3 lanes

Most facilities recorded

  1. Burnum Burnum Sanctuary Boat Ramp 9 facilities
  2. Swallow Rock - Grays Point 9 facilities
  3. Bonna Point 8 facilities
  4. Georges River National Park Boat Ramp 8 facilities
  5. Jamieson Park 8 facilities

Facilities recorded at the ramp or mapped within 150 m.

Largest car parks

  1. Margaret St, Woolwich 27 spaces
  2. Fishermans Beach Long Reef Boat Ramp 25 spaces
  3. Middle Creek Reserve (no 1) 8 spaces
  4. Manly Dam - Section 1(Part of Manly Warringah War Memorial Park) - Non motorised boats only unless authorised by Waterskiing Association 5 spaces
  5. 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

  1. Port Botany - Foreshore Road 4 lanes
  2. Kyeemagh Boat Ramp 4 lanes
  3. Bayview Boat Ramp (Rowland Reserve) 3 lanes
  4. Davidson Park - Garigal National Park (Roseville Bridge) 3 lanes
  5. Oatley Bay Boat Ramp 3 lanes

Usable at all tides

  1. Port Botany - Foreshore Road 4 lanes
  2. Kyeemagh Boat Ramp 4 lanes
  3. Davidson Park - Garigal National Park (Roseville Bridge) 3 lanes
  4. Apple Tree Bay Boat Ramp 3 lanes
  5. Oatley Bay Boat Ramp 3 lanes

Water access at all times (Transport for NSW) or not tide limited (Queensland TMR).

All listed ramps
Boat ramp, Dawes Point1.7 km
Barney's Cut2.3 km
Boat ramp, Balmain East2.3 km
Sayonara Slipway2.5 kmYesYes
Milsons Park Boat Ramp2.9 km1YesFree
Quiberie Park Boat Ramp2.9 km1YesFree
Boat ramp, McMahons Point3.0 km
Rozelle Public Pontoon3.0 kmFree
Boat ramp, Double Bay3.2 kmYesYesFree
Manns Pl, Manns Point, Greenwich3.7 km1NoYesFree
Boat ramp, Balmain3.8 km
Boat ramp, Birchgrove4.0 km
Margaret St, Woolwich4.7 km2NoFree
Boat ramp, Drummoyne4.8 km
Lyne Park5.0 km2YesFree
Boat ramp, Rose Bay5.3 km
Hawthorn Canal Boat Ramp5.3 km1NoFree
Boat ramp, Rodd Point5.6 km
Tunks Park5.9 km2YesFree
Taplin Park6.0 km3YesFree
Boat ramp, Huntleys Point6.5 km
Boat ramp, Bondi Beach7.3 km
Burns Bay Reserve Boat Ramp7.4 km2YesFree
Hen and Chicken Bay Boat Ramp7.5 kmYes
Mackey Park Canoe Ramp7.7 km
Tempe Basin7.8 km1NoFree
Boat ramp, Henley7.9 km
Boat ramp, Abbotsford7.9 km
Battersea Park Passive Watercraft Access8.0 kmFree
The Spit Road Boat Ramp8.0 km1YesFree
Clontarf Reserve Boat Ramp8.0 km1YesFree
Bayview Park Boat Ramp8.2 km2YesFree
Boat ramp, Canada Bay8.2 km
Ewen Park kayak launch pontoon8.4 kmYesFree
Boat ramp, Tennyson Point9.0 km
Kendall Bay, Cabarita Park9.1 km1YesFree
Kyeemagh Boat Ramp9.5 km4YesFree
Port Botany - Foreshore Road9.9 km4YesFree
Little Manly Cove10 km1YesYesFree
Boat ramp, Chatswood West (2)10 km
Boat ramp, Kyeemagh10 km
Boat ramp, Chatswood West (1)10 kmYesYesFree
Davidson Park - Garigal National Park (Roseville Bridge)11 km3YesFee payable
Manly Dam - Section 1(Part of Manly Warringah War Memorial Park) - Non motorised boats only unless authorised by Waterskiing Association11 km1YesFee payable
Kissing Point Park Boat Ramp11 km2YesYesFree
Manly Dam - Section 3 (Part of Manly Warringah War Memorial Park) - Non motorised boats only unless authorised by Waterskiing Association11 km1YesFee payable
Boat ramp, Manly11 kmYesFree
Fishermans Road Boat Ramp11 km1NoYesFree
Boat ramp, Malabar11 km
Uhrs Point Reserve Passive Craft Launch Facility12 kmFree
Blaxland Road Boat Ramp12 km3NoFree
Wharf Road Boat Ramp14 km2NoFree
Kogarah Bay15 km1YesFree
Silverwater Park15 km2YesFree
Bonna Point15 km2YesYesFree
Boat ramp, Carss Park (1)16 km
Dover Park (Blakehurst) Boat Ramp16 km2YesFree
Boat ramp, Carss Park (2)16 km
Boat ramp, Sans Souci17 kmYes
Oatley Bay Boat Ramp17 km3YesYesFree
Boat ramp, Sandringham17 kmYes
Connells Bay Boat Ramp (Donnelly Park)17 km3YesFree
Fishermans Beach Long Reef Boat Ramp17 km2YesYesFree
Boat ramp, Connells Point17 kmYes
Tom Uglys Bridge Boat Ramp (Horse Rock Point)17 km2YesFree
Boat ramp, Wheeler Heights18 km
Middle Creek Reserve (no 1)18 km1YesYesFee payable
Holts Point Place Boat Ramp18 km1NoFree
Clarendon Boat Ramp18 km
Hawkesbury Reserve (Sylvania Waters) Boat Ramp18 km2YesYesFree
Saint George and Sutherland Shire Anglers Club Boat Ramp18 km
Jamieson Park18 km1YesYesFee payable
Boat ramp, Taren Point18 km
Oyster Bay Boat Ramp19 km1NoFree
Bilarong Reserve Boat Ramp19 kmYesYesFree
Scylla Bay Boat Ramp19 km1NoYesFree
Boat ramp, Illawong (1)20 kmYesFree
Boat ramp, North Narrabeen20 kmYes
Boat ramp, Illawong (2)21 km
Georges River National Park Boat Ramp21 km2YesYesFee payable
Tonkin Park - Cronulla21 km1YesYesFree
Bonnet Bay (Washington Drive) Boat Ramp22 km2NoFree
Boat ramp, Yowie Bay22 km
Yowie Bay Boat Ramp22 km2NoFree
Water Street Boat Ramp22 km1NoFree
Burnum Burnum Sanctuary Boat Ramp22 km1YesYesFree
Rabaul Road22 km2YesFree
Lansvale Canoe/Kayak Launch Site - Off Strong Park23 km
Gunnamatta Bay small craft launching facility23 kmNoYesFree
Sandy Point23 km1NoFree
Floyd Bay Boat Ramp23 km2NoFree
Wally's Wharf - Dolans Bay23 km2YesYesFree
Picnic Point23 km1NoYesFree
Davy Robinson Reserve Boat Ramp23 km2YesYesFree
Boat ramp, Burraneer23 km
Chipping Norton Lake, Lansvale23 km1NoFree
Boat ramp, Mount Kuring-Gai23 kmYesYesFree
Prince Edward Park, Woronora24 km1YesYesFree
Chipping Norton Lake - Bradbury Wharf Boat Ramp (Hoy Park)24 km1NoYesFree
Boat ramp, Grays Point (1)24 km
Boat ramp, Lilli Pilli24 km
Chipping Norton Lake - Angle Park Boat Ramp24 km2YesFree
Swallow Rock - Grays Point24 km2YesYesFree
Bundeena Boat Ramp24 kmYes
Apple Tree Bay Boat Ramp25 km3YesYesFee payable
Bayview Boat Ramp (Rowland Reserve)25 km3YesYesFee payable
Boat ramp, Newport (2)25 kmYes
Boat ramp, Bayview25 kmYes

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
Sutherland24810798
Northern Beaches15119325
Canada Bay1231344
Georges River1154322
Inner West600000
North Sydney530113
Canterbury-Bankstown432233
Fairfield401102
Ryde422111
Woollahra432111
Bayside320222
Hornsby222101
Hunters Hill200110
Lane Cove211111
Liverpool221212
Parramatta210221
Randwick201001
Sydney200001
Mosman110001
Waverley100000

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 Sydney?

Boat Ramp Spots lists 108 boat ramps within 25 km of Sydney: 47 with toilets recorded and 36 with parking recorded.

What is the nearest boat ramp to Sydney?

Boat ramp, Dawes Point, about 1.7 km in a straight line from the town centre.

Which boat ramp near Sydney 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 Sydney have a pontoon?

A pontoon at the ramp is recorded at 30 ramps, including Port Botany - Foreshore Road, Kyeemagh Boat Ramp and Bayview Boat Ramp (Rowland Reserve).

Can I launch at any tide near Sydney?

State records list 39 ramps as usable at all tides, including Port Botany - Foreshore Road, Kyeemagh Boat Ramp and Davidson Park - Garigal National Park (Roseville Bridge). 5 ramps are 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 Sydney?

A launch fee is recorded at 8 ramps and free launching at 60 ramps. For the other ramps no fee information is recorded.

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