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Can dogs go on Mackerel?
Mackerel Beach, Northern Beaches Council.
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The rules are written below.
This status is only for North of the public wharf to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Each stretch below has its own status.
Mackerel Beach, north of the public wharf: off leash sunrise to 9:30am and 5pm to sunset. South of the wharf is no dogs.
This beach is published as more than one stretch. Read the one that matches the signs in front of you.
North of the public wharf to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.
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Dogs are permitted off leash from sunrise to 9:30am and from 5pm to sunset, from the public wharf north to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. At other times they are prohibited in that off-leash area, except on a leash using the shortest direct route between boats and the grassed strip. Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this pin.
- All year
- sunrise–9:30am: off leash. 5:00pm–sunset: off leash. Outside those times: no dogs.
Dogs are permitted off-leash in the off-leash area at these times: sunrise to 9:30am; 5pm to sunset.
Source: Northern Beaches Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
South of the public wharf
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Dogs are prohibited at all times on Mackerel Beach south of the public wharf, and in the adjoining Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.
- All year
- All day: no dogs.
Dogs are prohibited at all times on Mackerel Beach south of the public wharf.
Source: Northern Beaches Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
The map pin is a guide at -33.5904, 151.2834. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
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