Beachfront Wedding Venues in Sydney
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Looking for a beach wedding venue in Sydney, NSW? This list of the best beachfront wedding locations in Sydney includes all of the city's most beautiful seaside venues from the iconic stretches of sand at Manly & Bondi Beach to hidden clifftop spots with incredible ocean views.
Sydney's best oceanfront wedding venues range from luxury seaside hotels and chefs hatted restaurants to exclusive holiday homes, and include several coastal reception venues that offer affordable wedding packages catering to all budgets.
These are the top 18 beachfront ceremony & reception venues in Sydney.
Top 18 Beach Wedding Venues in Sydney
Jonah's Whale Beach
- Location: 69 Bynya Road, Whale Beach, NSW 2107
- Capacity: 30 - 122
- Accommodation: Sleeps 22
- Wedding Packages: From $260/pp
Jonah's Restaurant & Boutique Hotel sits on a breathtaking clifftop overlooking panoramic ocean views and is one of Sydney's most spectacular venues for beachfront weddings. This Whale Beach venue is particularly well suited to foodie couples as all wedding packages include a chefs-hatted fine dining menu paired with award winning wines.
Jonah's has two ocean-view reception spaces with floor-to-ceiling windows. The main restaurant seats up to 122 guests, while a private dining room caters for micro weddings with 30 - 40 people. There's a stunning ceremony space on a clifftop lawn overlooking the Northern Beaches, and an outdoor terrace where a Bollinger Cart & caviar bar set the scene for a sunset cocktail hour with views over the horizon.
The Wedding Pavilion
- Location: 2 Bong Bong Street, Kiama, NSW 2533
- Capacity: 30 - 400
- Wedding Packages: $125/pp
The Pavilion sits on the Kiama Headland an hour south of Botany Bay and is the most affordable oceanfront wedding venue near Sydney with packages from just $125 per person. The light & breezy function space has huge ocean-facing windows overlooking the local surf beach and seats up to 250 guests, with smaller event spaces located downstairs.
Beside The Pavilion are two stunning ocean-view ceremony sites. One is an elegant foreshore park framed by Norfolk Pines. The other is an intimate space that's sheltered from the sea breeze between two rows of rustic boat sheds. The Pavilion has a private lounge that doubles as wet weather ceremony space, an onsite bridal suite and there are luxury hotels within walking distance.
Private Estate at Palm Beach
- Location: Palm Beach - Sydney
- Capacity: 100
- Wedding Packages: Ceremonies + Photos
This $40m holiday house is located at Palm Beach and is Sydney's most exclusive beachfront ceremony venue. The immaculate Balinese-inspired grounds offer 2,500m² of private seaside gardens for your wedding ceremony and photos with Pittwater's turquoise water and bobbing boats as your backdrop.
With an onsite wharf you can arrive by boat and there's ample street parking for guests arriving by car. Venue hire includes bathroom amenities but no furniture or shelter so we recommend engaging a wedding planner to help arrange logistics and set up on the day.
Pilu at Freshwater Beach
- Location: Moore Road, Freshwater Beach, NSW 2096
- Capacity: 100
- Wedding Packages: From $230 per person
Pilu is a chefs hatted Sardinian restaurant that offers the perfect seaside setting for small luxury weddings. The heritage beach house has an ocean-view ceremony space in a leafy clifftop courtyard, and 3 boutique reception spaces that seat up to 16, 26 & 50 guests.
This upscale Italian eatery sits high above the waves of Freshwater Beach and oozes Amalfi Coast vibes. All inclusive wedding packages start at $230 per person and come with a dedicated wedding coordinator, customised menu and highly experienced event staff. With two private dining rooms and an outdoor pavilion, Pilu is one of the best beachside wedding venues in Sydney for intimate celebrations.
St Siandra Mosman
- Location: 75 Parriwi Road, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 20 - 140
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
St Siandra is located at Middle Harbour in Mosman and is the perfect beach reception venue for fun celebrations with a laid back Mediterranean vibe. The restaurant stands apart for its bright interiors, seaside holiday-style menus and signature cocktails and has two distinct function spaces with breathtaking views over its own private beach and luxury yachts moored in The Spit.
The Bluebird Room sits above the St Siandra Restaurant and is an ideal beachfront space for small weddings with up to 50 seated guests or 85 people cocktail style. The downstairs restaurant seats up to 100 guests and is a brightly-coloured event space inspired by the Amalfi Coast.
Ormeggio at the Spit
- Location: Spit Road, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 100
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive from $230/pp
With floor to ceiling glass walls offering a panoramic coastal vista over Middle Harbour and Pearl Bay, Ormeggio At The Spit is one of Sydney's most scenic seaside wedding venues. If you're looking for a beautiful reception venue surrounded by glistening water and luxury yachts so you feel like you're in the Mediterranean, Ormeggio is the perfect location.
All inclusive wedding packages come with a fine dining Italian seafood menu by owner & chef Alessandro and the outdoor deck offers a beautiful location for beachfront wedding ceremonies. There's also a mooring so you have the option to arrive by boat or water taxi and sail away under a starlit sky at the end of the night.
Long Reef Golf Club
- Location: Anzac Avenue, Collaroy, NSW 2097
- Capacity: 25 - 180
- Wedding Packages: $160+/pp
With a sweeping coastline vista that stretches from Narrabean to Avalon, Long Reef Golf Club is one of the most picturesque ocean view wedding venues in Sydney. It's also one of the easiest places to get married as all inclusive packages come with a choice of fully styled ceremony set ups, budget friendly catering options and an in-house wedding planner.
The Golf Club's beautiful function room seats up to 140 guests and has large windows overlooking the Northern Beaches. There's a cocktail terrace overlooking the ocean and a stunning ceremony space directly on the ocean's edge. All wedding packages include golf buggies to take you around the Bicentennial Coastal Walk for bridal photos with an ocean backdrop on the headland.
Watsons Bay Hotel
- Location: 1 Military Road, Watsons Bay, NSW 2030
- Capacity: 60 - 150
- Accommodation: 32 suites
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Top Deck at Watsons Bay Hotel has been freshly renovated with a modern Hamptons vibe and offers a chic beachfront setting for mid-sized wedding receptions. The funky rooftop bar enjoys epic sunset views over Sydney Harbour and seats up to 8o guests or caters for cocktail receptions with up to 150 people. The hotel also has a Sunset Room (pictured) which seats 120 guests in refined luxury.
One of the things we love about this iconic beach venue is that it's located at Watsons Bay Wharf allowing arrival by ferry or charter boat. This gives you the option of treating guests to a harbour cruise en route to your wedding reception. And being situated on its own stretch of sand you can say "I do" on the beach directly in front of the hotel.
Lindesay House
- Location: 1 Carthona Avenue, Darling Point, NSW 2027
- Capacity: 10 - 100
- Venue Hire: $6,535 - $10,385
Lindesay House is the perfect oceanside venue for elegant garden weddings with private lawns providing an intimate setting for outdoor ceremonies & receptions directly on the Sydney Harbour foreshore. This stunning Darling Point venue is conveniently located just 5 minutes from the CBD and is best suited to day time weddings with up to 60 guests due to residential zoning restrictions.
The beautiful waterfront space comes with a large marquee-style awning so if its raining you can still have a stunning outdoor reception with the same exclusive water views. BYO caterers and drinks.
The Boathouse Shelly Beach
- Location: 1 Marine Parade, Manly, NSW 2095
- Capacity: 30 - 120
- Wedding Packages: $230 - $260/pp
If you're hunting for a Manly Beach wedding venue with an intimate local vibe, The Boathouse at Shelly Beach is perfect. It's hidden in the protected marine reserve of Cabbage Tree Bay and is surrounded by lush greenery. The bay is accessible by car and has plenty of parking, or on foot via a popular coastal walkway that takes about 5 minutes from Manly Promenade .
The venue has a buzzing cocktail bar downstairs and a stunning event space seating 60 guests above. Large windows fill the space with a warm sea breeze and stunning beach views offer plenty to watch including scuba divers, snorkelers and swimmers. Being literally 2 steps from the sand, The Boathouse has a relaxed coastal ambience that feels more intimate than other beach venues in Sydney.
Orso Bayside
- Location: 79 Parriwi Road, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 240 seated, 350 cocktail
- Ceremony Sites: Deck, park
- Receptions: Restaurant
- Wedding Packages: From $190 per person
Recent renovations have made the Bayside Room at Orso one of the most elegant beachfront wedding spaces in Sydney with floor to ceiling glass walls offering a breathtaking vista over Middle Harbour and Clontarf Beach. This stunning event space features a grand white marble bar and a romantic fairy-lit roof and specialises in larger weddings with up to 240 seated guests with tailored packages for Asian, Greek, Indian, Jewish and Middle Eastern celebrations.
What stands Orso apart from other beautiful beachside venues across the city is that it sits directly over the sand so you can have barefoot beach photos right outside the reception space. It also has its own wharf and jetty where you can arrive to your wedding ceremony in style.
Manly Beach 16ft Skiff
- Location: East Esplanade, Manly, NSW 2095
- Capacity: 80 seated, 120 cocktail
- Wedding Packages: From $190 per person
Manly 16ft Skiff is Sydney's premier oceanfront venue for overwater weddings. A floating reception space and a unique covered atrium offer an exclusive opportunity to exchange vows and celebrate in one place, directly over the gentle lapping of sea water.
The Skiff is located at Manly Cove and offers picturesque sunset views over Sydney Harbour. Guests have the option to arrive via the iconic Manly Ferry service from Circular Quay and its an easy 8 minute walk along Manly's picturesque esplanade from the terminal to The Skiff. All inclusive wedding packages are priced from $190 per person and centre around a fresh seafood menu.
Public Dining Room
- Location: 2A The Esplanade, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 110 seated, 135 cocktail
- Wedding Packages: $210+/pp
Public Dining Room is a fine dining restaurant that offers a relaxed wedding location on the shores of Balmoral Beach in Sydney's north. Situated adjacent to the iconic Balmoral Baths, Public Dining Room affords uninterrupted views to North Head across Middle Harbour.
Wedding ceremonies can be held on the terrace overlooking Balmoral Beach before serving canapes here while you have photos at iconic locations nearby including the Balmoral Baths. The beachside reception venue offers a mediterranean influenced menu complete with matching wines recommended by the in-house sommelier.
Public Dining Room has a private dining area suitable for smaller weddings of up to 40 guests and for larger weddings this space can be utilised as a dance floor.
Athol Hall
- Location: Bradleys Head Road, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 130 seated, 200 cocktail
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Athol Hall is Sydney's most popular coastal wedding venue with a prime waterfront location on the foreshore in Mosman. The heritage hall sits amongst picturesque national park and has sloping lawns with sweeping water views to the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. The all-white hall offers the perfect blank canvas for coastal themed weddings and has exposed beams for floral installations.
Most couples who get married at Athol Hall have a waterfront wedding ceremony on the hall's sloping lawn. But there's also a private beach ceremony spot on Sydney Harbour accessed via a short bush track (we recommend flip flop footwear). This private little stretch of sand offers cracking beach wedding photos with the city skyline as your backdrop.
The Bathers' Pavilion
- Location: 4 The Esplanade, Mosman, NSW 2088
- Capacity: 100 seated, 170 cocktail
- Wedding Packages: $144+/pp
The Bathers' Pavilion has been recently renovated and offers a modern space for wedding receptions in a grand heritage building on the foreshore of Balmoral Beach. The first floor function space caters to seated weddings of up to 100 guests or cocktail receptions with up to 200, and has an adjoining outdoor terrace overlooking the beach.
The terrace is a beautiful beachfront ceremony location and with only a promenade separating this iconic oceanside venue from the sea, it has one of the best coastal views in Sydney. Micro wedding packages are available for 30 to 60 guests on the terrace and come with an affordable Thai banquet from $144 per head. Larger weddings are priced from $180 - $240 per person and come with a choice of banquet or cocktail menus.
Killcare Surf Club
- Location: 81 Beach Drive, Killcare, NSW 2257
- Capacity: 150
- Venue Hire: $3,000
Killcare Surf Club has an affordable function hall to hire for beach weddings 90 minutes north of Sydney. This blank canvas hall sits directly above the beach and is a self catering wedding venue with commercial kitchen facilities. The reception space has a spacious balcony where you can get married overlooking the beach, and Killcare's pearly white sand is perfect for barefoot wedding ceremonies on the beach.
This popular wedding location has endless photo opportunities at coastal sites nearby, including spectacular backdrops in surrounding dunes and Bouddi National Park.
Clovelly Surf Club
- Location: Donnellan Circuit, Clovelly, NSW 2031
- Capacity: 150 sit down, 250+ cocktail
- Wedding Packages: $160+/pp
At Clovelly Beach in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, the local surf club offers a stunning oceanfront reception space with panoramic coastal views, and comes with affordable wedding packages from just $160 per person. The venue also has a large balcony for stunning seaside ceremonies so you can exchange vows and celebrate all in one unforgettable beachside location. Catering options include cocktail menus with live paella pans or formal seated faire.
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Oceanfront Wedding Venues
The most beautiful beach wedding venues in Sydney are located on the city's Northern Beaches, Eastern Suburbs, Sydney Harbour and Sutherland Shire and cater for a wide range of coastal ceremonies & receptions from small celebrations to grand events. Use these curated shortlists to find your perfect seaside wedding location in Sydney.
Small Beachfront Venues in Sydney
Cheap Beachfront Venues in Sydney
Oceanfront Ceremony Venues in Sydney
- Private Property Sydney Harbour: 2 - 50 guests, Kirribilli
- Private Property Palm Beach: 2 - 100 guests, Northern Beaches
Oceanfront Reception Venues in Sydney
- Jonah's Private Dining Room: 30 - 40 guests, Whale Beach
- Jonah's Main Restaurant: 50 - 122 guests, Whale Beach
- The Pavilion: 30 - 400 guests, Kiama
- Pilu Freshwater Beach: 16 - 50 guests, Northern Beaches
- St Siandra: 100 guests, Mosman
- Ormeggio: 100 guests, Mosman
- Long Reef Gold Club: 140 guests, Collaroy Beach
- Lindesay House: 100 guests, Sydney Harbour
- Orso Bayside: 240 guests, Mosman
- Clovelly Surf Club: 150 guests, Clovelly Beach
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