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Palm Beach - Sydney


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Palm Beach from Barrenjoey Headland

Palm Beach Overview


Tasman Sea Beach Facilities Activities Rating
Access : 1 - Easy Toilets : Yes Sunbathing: 88%
Risk Level : 2 - Care Required Picnic Area : Yes Swimming : 85%
Patrolled : Yes Tidal Pool : Yes Surfing : 82%
Swell : Yes Pier : No Fishing : 80%
Food : Yes Accomodation: No Snorkelling: 80%
Comments : Scenic Beach featured in Australian television drama. The walk up to Barrenjoey lighthouse is a lot of work, but worth the effort.



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Beach Safety

Patrolled Beach

Palm Beach and North Palm beach each have their own SLSC. Voluntary patrols are run on weekends and public holidays from September to April.

Swimming

Palm Beach usually has a few rips running and can be hazardous on heavy swell days. If beach is not patrolled, safest swimming is at nearby Station Beach or in the Tidal Pool.
A 50m tidal pool at the Southern end of Palm beach. There are Toilets and changerooms nearby

Surfing

Palm Beach Surfbreaks

Beach Breaks are fairly consistent, usually smaller, cleaner waves at the north end of the beach. Beach faces east at the south end, curving slightly south the more north you go. Best swells are E to SE depending on how far up the beach you go… Offshore wind is W to NW
Works on all tides, waves go left and right. Crowded on weekends.
Palm Beach Reef Break is at the north point of the beach. Rarely works, but great (and crowded) when it does. Works off swell from up north. Can handle bigger swells, offshore wind is W. Left Hand waves.

Beach Walks

Beach Walks

The walk up to Barrenjoey Lighthouse is well worth the effort, with great views of the surrounding coastline. Distance is around 2kms return, starting from the Northern end of Station Beach (Pittwater side of Palm Beach). Walk is fairly steep. Take water. Barrenjoey Lighthouse was completed in 1881 and has been automatic since 1932

Beach Food

Beach Food

There are a couple of good restaurants near the beach, including Sugar Palms and Dunes Restaurant and Kiosk. Dunes has a kiosk that serves fast food and coffee.



History

Name The Southern end of Palm Beach was originally known as Cabbage Tree Boat Harbour after the local Cabbage Tree Palms. Later the area was officially name Palm Beach. Barrenjoey was named by Governor Arthur Phillip in 1788, from Barrenjuee, meaning Wallaby.




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Category: 4.Sydney Beaches
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