Sydney dog beaches
New South Wales · 20 beaches in this tool.
Each status is calculated in your browser from the council page linked on the beach. Where that page does not state a season, a stretch and a time, the beach says check with council.
- Greenhills BeachChecking the clock…Greenhills Beach, north of Wanda, is the timed off-leash beach. Dogs are allowed off leash during daylight saving from 4pm to 10am, and outside daylight saving from 3pm to 10am. They are prohibited at all other times.…
- Cronulla BeachChecking the clock…Cronulla Beach facilities include “No dogs”. Council says dogs are prohibited on the beach. The timed dog beach is Greenhills, north of Wanda, not Cronulla Beach itself.
- Wanda BeachChecking the clock…On the Greenhills off-leash page, Council prohibits dogs on Wanda Beach south of Wanda Track 5. This page is that prohibited section. Greenhills, north of Wanda, is the timed off-leash beach.
- North Cronulla BeachChecking the clock…Sutherland Shire says dogs are prohibited on beaches except designated off-leash areas. The listed beach off-leash areas are Greenhills, Horderns Beach at Bundeena, and Silver Beach at Kurnell. North Cronulla is not one…
- Elouera BeachChecking the clock…Sutherland Shire says dogs are prohibited on beaches except designated off-leash areas. Elouera is not one of the listed beach off-leash areas (Greenhills, Horderns and Silver Beach).
- Silver BeachChecking the clock…Council lists Silver Beach dog off-leash area, Kurnell, with no time restrictions. Dogs must be on a leash when entering and leaving an off-leash area. Dangerous or menacing dogs are not permitted off leash.
- Horderns BeachChecking the clock…From 1 September to 30 April, dogs are permitted off leash Monday to Friday before 8:30am and after 4:30pm, and on a leash Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm. Animals are prohibited on Saturdays, Sundays and public…
- Bondi BeachChecking the clock…Waverley Council says dogs must be on a leash at all times in Bondi Park, and dogs are prohibited on the beach, intertidal areas and ocean pools. Assistance animals are excepted. Off-leash areas in Waverley are parks,…
- Tamarama BeachChecking the clock…Waverley’s off-leash parks page says dogs are prohibited on beaches and intertidal areas. A central area of the upper gully of Tamarama Park is an off-leash park, not the beach sand.
- Bronte BeachChecking the clock…Waverley’s off-leash parks page says dogs are prohibited on beaches and intertidal areas. Bronte Beach is not listed as an off-leash area.
- Mona Vale BeachChecking the clock…For Mona Vale Beach (south) trial area only. 1 other stretch has different rules.The off-leash trial runs from 14 October 2025 to 13 October 2027. In Australian Eastern Daylight Time, dogs are permitted off leash from 5:30am to 10am and from 5pm to 9pm. In Australian Eastern Standard Time, the hours…
- Mackerel BeachChecking the clock…For North of the public wharf to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park only. 1 other stretch has different rules.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…
- Manly BeachChecking the clock…Northern Beaches Council’s beaches page says there are no dogs allowed on beaches or rockpools. Manly is not one of the published exceptions (the Mona Vale south trial and Mackerel Beach).
- Dee Why BeachChecking the clock…Northern Beaches Council’s beaches page says there are no dogs allowed on beaches or rockpools. Dee Why is not one of the published exceptions.
- Coogee BeachChecking the clock…The Coogee Beach page lists “Dogs prohibited on beach”. The off-leash page, updated 10 January 2025, says dogs are not permitted on Council’s beaches even on a leash, and that letting a dog onto a beach is illegal.…
- Clovelly BeachChecking the clock…The lifeguards page names Clovelly Beach as a Council beach patrolled all year, and says dogs are prohibited on all Council beaches. The off-leash page says the same about Council’s beaches, and lists parks rather than…
- Maroubra BeachChecking the clock…The lifeguards page names Maroubra Beach as a Council beach patrolled all year, and says dogs are prohibited on all Council beaches. Off-leash areas nearby are parks, including parks at Maroubra, not the beach.
- Malabar BeachChecking the clock…The lifeguards page names Malabar Beach as a Council beach, patrolled from 6 December to 3 April, and says dogs are prohibited on all Council beaches.
- Little Bay BeachChecking the clock…The lifeguards page names Little Bay Beach as a Council beach, patrolled from 6 December to 3 April, and says dogs are prohibited on all Council beaches.
- Lady Robinsons Beach, gates 60 to 61Checking the clock…For Between gates 60 and 61, Kyeemagh only. 1 other stretch has different rules.The current off-leash page says a 24/7 off-leash beach area has been established at Lady Robinsons Beach, Kyeemagh, between gates 60 and 61. Dogs stay on a leash when entering or leaving that area. A council PDF from…