Castle Rock Beach

Lovely little beach when there’s been no rain, such clear, clean water. Pretty chilly for the first day of September but worth the plunge. Very small so gets packed and sun starts disappearing from the right side quickly from about 2:30pm onwards. Hard walk back up the stairs and up all the hills wherever you may find a car park but worth it. I probably wouldn’t bother in Summer, unless you are a good climber without too much stuff to carry and can scramble up/down rocks on the left side to find your own spot on a rock. I don’t think you’d find space to lie down in Summer on the sand. Guy with an ice cream boat came along and sells Pure Pops and a few other ice creams Frosty Fruit etc plus bottles of water - love that!

Very nice beach however quite small and can get packed quite easily, there's very little sand but a lot of rocks to set up on. Water is quite calm, with only small tides from boats. An ice-cream boat shows up every so often which is nice. Signs say no dogs allowed however there were dogs there so up to you I guess. Parking is terrible, due to it being all small residential streets, however it is part of a bigger walk around Manly (which I have not tried) so you might not need to park directly at the beach.

Super small and secluded beach along the spit to manly walk. A bit of rubbish washed in which is a shame people cant take better care of the area but otherwise nice

Absolutely stunning location, with beautiful views. Clear water and visits from the icecream boat are awesome. Dogs on beach (not sure if officially allowed or not). Only downsides are going back up all the stairs and no bathrooms.