Boat ramps in New South Wales
We list 915 boat ramps in New South Wales. Recorded facilities: 398 with toilets, 263 with car or trailer parking, 193 with a fish cleaning table.
Ramps in New South Wales are spread across many localities: Deniliquin has the most listed ramps of any locality, with 9, ahead of Iluka, Macksville, Nambucca Heads, Narooma, Port Macquarie and West Ballina, with Grafton just behind. Counted by council area instead, Shoalhaven leads with 70 ramps, followed by Central Coast and Mid-Coast.
Transport for NSW records cover 652 ramps, and 238 more are known only from OpenStreetMap. Among the waterways Transport for NSW records, Lake Macquarie carries the most ramps, with 39, ahead of the Murray River and the Clarence River.
A lane count is recorded for 622 ramps, and Rathmines Boat Ramp has the most, with 6 lanes. A launch fee is recorded as payable at 49 ramps and launching as free at 615, while the remaining ramps have no fee recorded. Confirm tides and any restrictions with the maritime authority before you launch.
Highlights
Most launching lanes
- Rathmines Boat Ramp 6 lanes
- Evans Head & South Evans Head Boat Ramp 5 lanes
- Speers Point Boat Ramp, Cockle Creek 5 lanes
- Bellambi Boat Ramp (Main Ramp) 4 lanes
- Coffs Harbour Boat Ramp (Sourthern Side Of Outer Harbour) 4 lanes
Most facilities recorded
- Berowra Waters Boat Ramp 12 facilities
- Lawrence - Clarence River 11 facilities
- Apex Park Boat Ramp, Narooma 10 facilities
- Greenwell Point Boat Ramp - Titania Park Adelaide Street 10 facilities
- Hawks Nest - Moira Parade Boat Ramp 10 facilities
Facilities recorded at the ramp or mapped within 150 m.
Largest car parks
- Wisemans Ferry Boat Ramp 150 spaces
- Fishery Creek Boat Ramp 75 spaces
- Governor Phillip Reserve Boat Ramp 50 spaces
- Macquarie Park Non-powered Boating Access 50 spaces
- Margaret St, Woolwich 27 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
- Evans Head & South Evans Head Boat Ramp 5 lanes
- Speers Point Boat Ramp, Cockle Creek 5 lanes
- Tuncurry - Point Road Boat Ramp 4 lanes
- Crowdy Head Boat Harbour 4 lanes
- Lakehaven Drive Boat Ramp 4 lanes
Usable at all tides
- Rathmines Boat Ramp 6 lanes
- Evans Head & South Evans Head Boat Ramp 5 lanes
- Speers Point Boat Ramp, Cockle Creek 5 lanes
- Tuncurry - Point Road Boat Ramp 4 lanes
- Crowdy Head Boat Harbour 4 lanes
Water access at all times (Transport for NSW) or not tide limited (Queensland TMR).
Ramps by local government area
| Shoalhaven | 70 | 41 | 30 | 16 | 20 | 34 |
| Central Coast | 69 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 14 | 30 |
| Mid-Coast | 69 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 37 |
| Clarence Valley | 52 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| Lake Macquarie | 41 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 26 |
| Eurobodalla | 33 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 16 |
| Port Macquarie-Hastings | 31 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 16 |
| Sutherland | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Port Stephens | 24 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Northern Beaches | 23 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Bega Valley | 21 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Snowy Valleys | 21 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Kempsey | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| Nambucca Valley | 17 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| Snowy Monaro | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tweed | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Murray River | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Wentworth | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Coffs Harbour | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Federation | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Ballina | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Canada Bay | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Hawkesbury | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Wollongong | 12 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Georges River | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Albury | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Bellingen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Hornsby | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Edward River | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Newcastle | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Penrith | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dubbo | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiama | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Lismore | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Richmond Valley | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Balranald | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Inner West | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shellharbour | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Wagga Wagga | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yass Valley | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Berrigan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hay | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Narrabri | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Narrandera | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| North Sydney | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| The Hills | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Dungog | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Fairfield | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryde | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tamworth | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Woollahra | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bayside | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Brewarrina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cootamundra-Gundagai | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Griffith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inverell | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lachlan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Murrumbidgee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other areas (fewer than 3 ramps each) | 62 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 16 |
Click a column heading to sort. Counts are ramps with the item recorded in the source data.
Boat ramps near a town
- Albury (23)
- Alstonville (21)
- Awaba (62)
- Ballina (16)
- Barham (10)
- Batemans Bay (18)
- Batlow (10)
- Bellingen (19)
- Belmont (68)
- Bermagui (13)
- Berowra (77)
- Berry (28)
- Blaxland (10)
- Boambee East (18)
- Bomaderry (28)
- Bowraville (24)
- Brooklyn (63)
- Budgewoi (62)
- Bulahdelah (11)
- Buronga (20)
- Callala Bay (44)
- Camden Haven (17)
- Campbelltown (23)
- Chatswood (97)
- Chinderah (29)
- Clarence Town (11)
- Coffs Harbour (17)
- Corowa (21)
- Corrimal (18)
- Crescent Head (18)
- Cundletown (21)
- Dapto (22)
- Dareton (25)
- Deniliquin (10)
- Doyalson (68)
- Eden (11)
- Faulconbridge (10)
- Forster (26)
- Frederickton (15)
- Gosford (55)
- Grafton (18)
- Griffith (3)
- Lismore (8)
- Newcastle (42)
- Port Macquarie (23)
- Queanbeyan (12)
- Sydney (108)
- Wagga Wagga (4)
- Wollongong (21)
Other boat ramps
- Bells Bay Boat Ramp
- Ben Chifley Dam Boat Ramp
- Ben Chifley Dam Cabins Boat Ramp
- Bingara Boat Ramp
- Boat ramp, Boggabilla
- Boat ramp, Bondi Beach
- Boat ramp, Dawes Point
- Boat ramp, Douglas Park
- Boat ramp, Duval
- Boat ramp, Googong
- Boat ramp, Henley
- Boat ramp, Linden
- Boat ramp, Lord Howe Island (1)
- Boat ramp, Lord Howe Island (2)
- Boat ramp, Malabar
- Boat ramp, Marambir
- Boat ramp, North Bourke
- Boat ramp, Oran Park
- Boat ramp, Pleasure Point (1)
- Boat ramp, Pleasure Point (2)
- Boat ramp, Rouchel
- Boat ramp, Temora (1)
- Boat ramp, Temora (2)
- Boat ramp, Tilpa
- Boat ramp, Wantabadgery (1)
- Boat ramp, Wantabadgery (2)
- Boat ramp, Wentworth Falls
- Bottom Weir Boat Ramp
- Bourke Boat Ramp - Darling River
- Burns Bay Reserve Boat Ramp
- Carcoar Dam Boat Ramp
- Collarenebri Boat Ramp
- Copeton Dam Boat Ramp
- Dunns Swamp (Wollemi National Park) Boat Ramp
- Euroley Bridge Boat Ramp
- Fishermans Road Boat Ramp
- Forbes Aquatic Area
- Glennies Creek Boat Ramp
- Googong Dam Boat Ramp
- Lake Glenbawn - Upper Hunter River
- Lake Keepit Boat Ramp
- Lake Liddell - Upper Hunter River
- Lake Lyell (Recreation Area)
- Lake Menindee - Sunset Strip
- Malpas Dam Boat Ramp
- Manns Pl, Manns Point, Greenwich
- Margaret St, Woolwich
- Morpeth Boat Ramp
- Murray Beach Jervis Bay
- Narromine Boat Ramp
- Nyngan Boat Ramp - Bogan River
- Quipolly Dam Boat Ramp
- Rozelle Public Pontoon
- Silverwater Park
- Taylors Point Boat Ramp
- The Spit Road Boat Ramp
- Walgett Boat Ramp
- Warrana Weir
- Warren (Macquarie River) Ramp
- Wharf Road Boat Ramp
- Windamere Dam
- Wyangala Dam
Questions and answers
How many boat ramps are there in New South Wales?
Boat Ramp Spots lists 915 boat ramps in New South Wales: 398 with toilets recorded and 263 with parking recorded.
Which boat ramp in New South Wales has the most launching lanes?
Rathmines Boat Ramp, with 6 launching lanes recorded.
Which boat ramps in New South Wales have a pontoon?
A pontoon at the ramp is recorded at 152 ramps, including Evans Head & South Evans Head Boat Ramp; Speers Point Boat Ramp, Cockle Creek; Tuncurry - Point Road Boat Ramp.
Can I launch at any tide in New South Wales?
State records list 403 ramps as usable at all tides, including Rathmines Boat Ramp; Evans Head & South Evans Head Boat Ramp; Speers Point Boat Ramp, Cockle Creek. 22 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 in New South Wales?
A launch fee is recorded at 49 ramps and free launching at 615 ramps. For the other ramps no fee information is recorded.
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