Little bay is a little bit of paradise in the great city of sydney. It’s a nice little bay with white sand, clean blue waters, beautiful rocks and is very secluded and hidden in amongst the other beaches, golf courses and apartments. The format of the bay is such that there is an inner part of the bay where kids can snorkel, swim and be as safe, however there is a slight opening that leads out to the outer part of the bay. This opening into the outer part of the bay has a very strong rip that can pull you out if you are not careful. (so parents make sure your kids dont get to close to this opening)

I had planned to go to little bay to check out the underwater life and go for a dive but on this particular day it was highly unsafe because of the swell.

According to the locals this particular opening from the inside to the outside of the bay has a permanent rip which pulls you out to the opening of the bay close to the open ocean. This is actually not an issue if your goal is to dive but because of this powerful rip divers don’t normally come back through the gap as its very hard to swim through it again once you are out. The normal entry and exit for this dive site is usually to make your way into and out of the water through the rocks on the left side of the bay. This is simple enough if there is no swell but when there is swell it can be very dangerous.

There are stories of lots of fishermen who love to rock fish there (as it is a great place) but because of the large swells are sadly killed when they are washed under the rocks.

I wish I could have done the dive but in the interest of safety I just enjoyed the atmosphere and the beautiful surroundings. Found a few golf balls within the inner part of the bay just snorkelling around 🙂 To be honest there isn’t much to see other then sand on the inner part of the bay snorkelling wise, but for the younger kids its safe and fun. When I get enough golf balls I might sell it back to the golf course near by for lunch money 😛

Lots of pictures below …