Shark Beach

Beach
Shark Beach is better known as Nielsen Park, a foreshore park area developed in the 1910s. The 12 ha park occupied much of Vaucluse between Steel (or Shark) and Vaucluse points. The park can be accessed via Greycliffe Ave where there is street car parking. The large shady park is... Read more
Shark Beach is better known as Nielsen Park, a foreshore park area developed in the 1910s. The 12 ha park occupied much of Vaucluse between Steel (or Shark) and Vaucluse points. The park can be accessed via Greycliffe Ave where there is street car parking. The large shady park is very popular during summer. The 220 m long beach (SH 44) faces northwest across the harbour and is largely protected by a shark net, with boat access to the shore only permitted at the eastern end. It is backed by a stepped seawall then the grassy reserve. The beach is relatively narrow and moderately steep, and while usually calm, does receive ocean swell travelling 4 km down the harbour during big outside swell.
Swimming
The southern harbour beaches, while at times difficult to find and access, do offer a wide range of beach environments ranging from the predominantly tidal flats of Rose and Vaucluse bays; to the netted beaches at Parsley Bay and Shark Bay (Nielsen Park)
Surfing
Usually none, with only Nieslen Park picking up rideable waves during very big outside swell.
Fishing
The many beaches, rocky shore and jetties attract a wide range of fishers to the southern harbour foreshore.
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SLSA provides this information as a guide only. Surf conditions are variable and therefore this information should not be relied upon as a substitute for observation of local conditions and an understanding of your abilities in the surf. SLSA reminds you to always swim between the red and yellow flags and never swim at unpatrolled beaches. SLSA takes all care and responsibility for any translation but it cannot guarantee that all translations will be accurate.
Includes beaches: Little Manly Cove, Tingara, Milk Beach, Vaucluse Bay, Parsley Bay, Kutti Beach, Gibsons Beach, Wharf Beach (s)
Length: 0.22km
General Hazard Rating: 0/10 (Least hazardous)
Beach Key: nswSH44