Ramsgate Beach

Located on the eastern end of the St George District in the southern suburbs of Sydney, Ramsgate Beach - also known as Seven Mile Beach - is a long and wide white sand beach.  The beach is part of the renowned Lady Robinsons Beach and is adjacent to Monterey Beach.  The beach is positioned between the mouth of the Cooks River and the mouth of the Georges River on the western shore of Botany Bay.  Ramsgate Beach has a beautiful backdrop of a small park, many oceanfront buildings, and a paved promenade, which together offer Instagram-worthy views.

Ramsgate Beach offers many amenities including lifeguards, restrooms, showers, changing rooms, a wharf, fishing piers, a large playground, picnic tables, picnic shelters, a lifesaving club, a paved walkway, a bus stop, and nearby restaurants.

Ramsgate Beach is a family-friendly beach that offers many fun activities, including swimming, sunbathing, snorkeling, diving, picnicking, kiteboarding, kayaking, canoeing, watching wildlife, walking, and fishing.  If you are planning to go into the water near the beach, the waves are usually calm, and there is also a netted tidal pool popularly known as Ramsgate Baths, which makes it a perfect place to swim.  The beach offers amazing opportunities for snorkelers and divers to explore the underwater world.  If you enjoy fishing, anglers may catch a variety of fish, including goatfish, cuttlefish, yellowtail kingfish, salmon, and luderick, making it another interesting activity on the visitors' things to do list.   The beach attracts a large influx of visitors due to its tranquil Ramsgate Beach weather and convenient location.  Ramsgate Beach allows dogs if they are on a leash, and the beach is open from sunrise until sunset.

Ramsgate Beach offers an access path for people with disabilities.

Getting to Ramsgate Beach is easy - the beach has a small parking lot located near 227 The Grand Parade.  Alternatively, visitors can park their vehicles at  280 The Grand Parade, which also provides easy access to the beach.

Ramsgate Beach is part of the popular five-kilometer-long Lady Robinsons Beach, which at three miles long is the longest beach in Sydney.

There are many attractions near Ramsgate Beach.  The Sydney Tramway Museum is a small outdoor museum dedicated to preserving and showcasing the history of Sydney's tramway system.  Visitors can explore various tram models from various parts of Australia, and a few of these vintage trams, which are operational, offer rides on the museum grounds.  Captain Cook's Landing Place is a famous historical site where Captain James Cook first landed in Botany Bay in 1770.  Visitors can explore the monument and informative displays that provide interesting insight into the historical past of Australia.   Kamay Botany Bay National Park is spread over 471 hectares and features coastal scrub, woodlands, rainforests, beaches, rocky formations, Aboriginal sites, and foreshores along the bay.  It is home to a wide array of native wildlife and vegetation, including the spotted gum forest, kangaroos, gray-headed flying foxes, white-bellied sea eagles, and the protected green and golden bell frog.  Visitors can enjoy hiking trails, swimming, bird watching, and picnicking.   Bonna Point Reserve is positioned on the southern end of the Kurnell peninsula, overlooking Botany Bay.  This beachfront dog-friendly park offers many amenities, including a large playground with swing sets, restrooms, changing rooms, benches, a skate park, a biking path, picnic areas, picnic tables, shady areas, a barbecue grill facility, and walking trails.  If you are looking for another nearby attraction, Cape Baily Lighthouse is positioned on the southern headland of Botany Bay, on rugged cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  This white concrete octagonal lighthouse guides the ships safely past the northern coast of Botany Bay. 

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants on Ramsgate Beach.  Ramsgate Beach House is positioned right on the beach and serves amazing eggs, pancakes, burgers, sandwiches, seafood, meat, and poultry dishes.  Among the Ramsgate Beach House reviews, it offers a great variety of food to eat in or takeaway.  Criniti's Brighton-Le-Sands is one of the well known Monterey Beach, New South Wales, restaurants that serves incredible salads, pizzas, pastas, steak, ribs, burgers, meat, and poultry dishes.  Abode Thai Cuisine serves amazing Thai-inspired dishes, including soups, salads, fried rice, noodles, Thai curries, seafood, meat, and seafood.   Indian Biryani Restaurant Rockdale serves incredible Indian food, including salads, curries, pork, meat, and poultry dishes.  Chez Pascal French Restaurant serves amazing soups, salads, seafood, meat, pork, and poultry dishes.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby restaurant, RuiJunGe Chinese Restaurant serves amazing fried rice, soup, curries, meat, pork, seafood, and poultry dishes.

If you are looking for a hotel near Ramsgate Beach, there are many great options nearby.  If you are looking for an upscale hotel, the 5-Star Pullman Quay Grand Sydney Harbour is 13 minutes away by car and offers many amenities including an indoor pool, a hot tub, a fitness center, and two restaurants.  A more affordable hotel is the 4-Star Rydges Cronulla Beachside, which has many amenities, including an outdoor pool, a hot tub, a sauna, a fitness center, and a restaurant.  Another moderately priced option is the 4-Star Quest Cronulla Beach, which has many amenities including an outdoor pool, a fitness room, a hot tub, a sauna, and a restaurant.  A more reasonably priced option is the 3-Star Cronulla Motor Inn, which offers several amenities including an outdoor pool, whirlpool tubs, and restaurants.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby hotel, the 3-Star Engadine Motor Inn offers a few amenities including an indoor pool, a hot tub, and a sauna.