Bondi Beach
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Australia · Sydney, New South Wales · #8 of Australia's ten by fame

Bondi Beach

The pool at the end is as famous as the beach. Swim between the flags.

How we rated it: up one for a sourced find (the Icebergs pool, as renowned as the beach), down one because Lonely Planet warns of dangerous rip currents. Photo: Nick Ang · CC BY-SA 4.0

The hang

Bondi is 7 km east of Sydney's centre. At its southern end the turquoise Bondi Icebergs pool is as renowned as the beach itself, with hardy locals doing laps year-round as waves crash over the edge. The pavilion has public toilets, change rooms and showers. Parking nearby is limited, so take public transport. Dangerous rip currents occur here: always swim between the flags. Lonely Planet calls it crowded and overexposed, and also a place where people live their lives outdoors. Wikipedia gives it as about 1 km; we measured 868 metres.

The real intel

Best months · warmest sea
February (22.9 °C), then April and March. Coolest: July (18.4 °C). One year of data, 2025.
Best months · emptiest
No source says. The Icebergs regulars are there year-round.
Getting there
Public transport from Sydney's centre, 7 km away; parking is limited.
The catch nobody tells you
Dangerous rip currents. Swim between the flags.

The year at Bondi Beach

Warmest sea in February. Fewest wet days in June. Pick your fight.

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sea (°C)
22.1
22.9
22.2
22.4
21.3
19.2
18.4
18.6
19.1
19.7
20.1
21.6
Air (°C)
22.2
22.9
22.8
19.5
16.3
12
12.5
13.5
17
20.7
21
22.1
Sun (h/day)
9.8
10.4
9.6
9.5
7.6
9.1
8
7.7
10.8
10.1
11.3
11
Rain (days)
18
14
18
14
17
3
7
17
4
10
8
10

One year of data, 2025, from Open-Meteo at this beach's coordinates. A rain day is 1 mm or more. The red bar is the month to aim for in each row.

The neighbours

6 beaches within 6 km, as the gull flies.

  1. 1.2 kmTamarama Beach151 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
  2. 1.6 kmBronte Beach273 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
  3. 2.6 kmRose Bay Beach531 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
  4. 2.6 kmClovelly Beach128 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
  5. 3.0 kmGordon's Bay44 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
  6. 3.3 kmBellamy Beach292 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.

Straight-line distances from the mapped beach shapes (OpenStreetMap). Roads are longer, and in Bali they are much longer.

The crowd

Crowded and overexposed, in Lonely Planet's words.

The receipts

Toilets, change rooms and showers at the pavilion; the Icebergs pool at the south end.

The facts · we measured

Length
868 m
Mean width
93.6 m
Area
81,245 m²
Warmest sea (2025)
22.9 °C in Feb
Coldest sea (2025)
18.4 °C in Jul
Sea by month, °C
Jan 22.1 · Feb 22.9 · Mar 22.2 · Apr 22.4 · May 21.3 · Jun 19.2 · Jul 18.4 · Aug 18.6 · Sep 19.1 · Oct 19.7 · Nov 20.1 · Dec 21.6

Questions people ask

Is it safe to swim at Bondi Beach?

Dangerous rip currents occur at Bondi; always swim between the flags.

How far is Bondi Beach from Sydney?

About 7 km east of the city centre. Parking is limited, so public transport is the easier way.

Sources

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