Mona Vale Beach on Sydney's Northern Beaches

I’m just a little bit in love with Mona Vale beach, is it one you know too?

It’s special for me because it’s where I did my ocean swimming with Can Too last summer, and reignited a long dormant love of adventures on the ocean.

It really had been a long time (and four children) since my last watery adventures, and since I last felt so exhilerated... and so scared at times too.

The first time we did our ocean swimming at Mona Vale, a pod of dolphins came and swam alongside us.

What can I say? Thank you, you gorgeous dolphins.

Here we are getting a briefing before one of our weekly swims

And in we go… yippeeeeee

Mona Vale beach on a very busy summer day

Mona Vale Beach

Surfview Road, Mona Vale

You get two beaches for the price of one at Mona Vale.

To the north is The Basin, a rounded bay edged with cliffs. The Basin tends to be more sheltered than the main beach which can be quite wild. However there is no patrolled area with flags in The Basin.

There is a wide rock platform in between the two beaches and this is the part of the beach my twins love best. They love to grub around in the rock pools and splash about in the rock pools.

The main beach is 1km long, very beautiful and great for walking with kids. But do stick to splashing between the flags, the waves and rips can be fierce here.

Trust me, I know. 

Cafes: Bronze Kiosk is at the SLSC building.

Toilets: SLSC block has changing rooms, showers and toilets, has all-ability toilet

Shade: Not on the beach

Playground: Yes, across the road see Apex Park Playground review and photos here.

Shark net: No

Map: see Goggle Map below

Parking: Pay carpark by the beach

Bus stop nearby: Yes

Looking towards rock pool and rock platform from main beach

Twins grubbing around in rock pools at low tide

Bronze Kiosk at the SLSC

Swimmers in the rock pool doing laps

Kids messing about in the rock pool

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Why am I posting about beaches in Sydney’s wintertime?

I don’t know!

Look I just saw the photos and remembered how fantastic last summer’s Saturdays were at Mona Vale. I’ll be back there from early November, swimming out beyond the breakers with my Can Too friends.

Come and join us, do!

Are you thinking about summer and swimming in the sea already?

Any other info you can pass on to families about Mona Vale Beach?