Tamarama Beach

Located in the suburb of Tamarama, Tamarama Beach – also known as Tamarama Park Beach and also unofficially called Glamarama Beach and Glamourama Beach – is a 100-meters-long beach with light brown sand, a few rocks, and nearby headlands.  This beach is popular with members of the gay community and has been listed by the TimeOut magazine as “The best LGBTQI + and Gay beaches in Sydney.”  This beach was the subject of a painting by artist Julian Rossi Ashton that was titled Tamarama beach, forty years ago, a summer morning.

Tamarama Beach has lifeguards between June to September between 8:30 am and 5 pm and it has lifeguards from September to May between 8:30 am and 7 pm.  In addition to lifeguards, this beach has many other amenities including barbecue areas, outdoor exercise equipment, a playground, grassy recreational areas, volleyball nets, changing rooms, showers, restrooms, and artificially shaded areas.

Dogs are not allowed at Tamarama Beach.

Tamarama Beach offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, wildlife watching, picnicking, hiking, biking, swimming, surfing, kitesurfing, fishing, windsurfing, beach volleyball, bodysurfing, snorkeling, tidepooling, scuba diving, bodyboarding, paddleboarding, parasailing, jet-skiing, water-skiing, skimboarding, kayaking, canoeing, surf-skiing, and wildlife watching.

This beach is ideal for advanced surfers and bodysurfers because the water here is occasionally known to have thrilling, powerful, and short surfing waves.  You can check the online Tamarama Beach cam for more information on the surfing waves here.  If you are planning to swim, kayak, surf, or paddleboard here, we recommend being extremely careful because the water here is known to have unpredictable rip currents and really dangerous waves.  In addition, many sharks have also been known to live near this beach.

If you like beach volleyball, you can have a fun beach volleyball Tamarama Beach experience here. 

Tamarama Beach is ideal for visitors looking for a quieter beach experience because this beach sees fewer visitors as compared to other nearby Sydney beaches.

Tamarama Beach does not offer wheelchair access to visitors with disabilities.

Getting to Tamarama Beach is easy – Tamarama Park is located near 19 Tamarama Marine Drive.  

There are multiple free street parking spaces near the beach.  Once you park at these nearby Tamarama Beach parking spaces, you can then walk down multiple nearby stairways that will lead you to Tamarama Park.

This beach received its nickname – Glamarama Beach – because of its popularity with the members of the gay community and because of its upscale and hip ambiance.  The name of the beach and the suburb – Tamarama – is derived from the Aboriginal Australian word “Gamma Gamma” which usually translates to “storm.”  In addition, this beach was the site where one of Sydney’s first coastal amusement parks opened in 1887 – this park was named Royal Aquarium and Pleasure Grounds and it was nicknamed the Bondi Aquarium.  In addition, this beach is also home to Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club, which was founded in 1906 and is known to be one of the first modern surf lifesaving clubs of the world. 

There are many attractions near Tamarama Beach.  Waverley Park is a recreational park that has a monument dedicated to the members of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.  This park also offers many amenities including grassy recreational areas, benches, barbecue areas, playgrounds, restrooms, a cricket ground, basketball grounds, and a football ground.  Bronte Park is a recreational park that has a headland, a historic house named Bronte House, a beach named Bronte Beach, and many amenities including playgrounds, restrooms, picnic areas, barbecues, a miniature train track, and a pool.  The Bondi Markets is a weekly market gathering that is held on Sundays and it offers many shops selling interesting items including handicraft, jewelleries, novelties, and vintage clothes, along with many great food options.  The Bondi to Bronte Coastal Walk is a 2.3-kilometers-long coastal walking trail that offers a fun way to explore the suburban northeastern Sydney shoreline.  This trail also offers amazing views of the Pacific Ocean and coastal northeastern Sydney.  If you are looking for another attraction near the beach, Centennial Parklands is a group of three recreational parks that offers many fun things to explore including ponds, statues, flower beds, public monuments, gardens, and a labyrinth – it also has a major national historic monument named the Federation Pavilion.

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Tamarama Beach.  Tamarama Beach Kiosk is a Tamarama Beach cafe that offers many amazing snacks including toast, sandwiches, bagel, salads, coffee, and tea.  Icebergs Dining Room and Bar is an upscale restaurant that offers a variety of excellent Italian dishes including salads, pastas, risotto, and gelato.  Totti’s Bondi offers a variety of excellent Italian-inspired dishes including pastas, schnitzel, seafood, chicken dishes, and burrata.  Bronte Belo offers a variety of excellent Brazilian dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner including fejioada, moqueca, and Brazilian-style pastas.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby restaurant, Bondi Road Seafoods is known for serving amazing seafood dishes including fish-and-chips, barbecued octopus, burgers, and mussels. 

If you are looking for a hotel near Tamarama Beach, there are many great nearby Tamarama Beach hotels.  The 4-Star Coogee Bay Hotel is another upscale hotel that offers many amenities including a beer garden, multiple bars, a restaurant, a night club, and two liquor stores.  The 4-Star Crowne Plaza Sydney Coogee Beach is another upscale hotel that offers many amenities including a pool, multiple restaurants, a tennis court, and a fitness center.  Another great upscale hotel is the 4-Star QT Bondi Beach Hotel & Accommodation that offers access to a nearby fitness club.  A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Hotel Bondi that offers many amenities including a restaurant, a bar, a beer garden, and a wine shop.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby hotel, the 3-Star Charing Cross Hotel offers many amenities including a restaurant, a terrace, and a courtyard.  Another amazing nearby  Tamarama Beach accommodation is the Tamarama Beach House.