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Sydney Wharf Marina

Pyrmont, NSW
4.8 from 22 Google reviews
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Sydney Wharf Marina at a glance

Sydney Wharf Marina is a boutique, sheltered marina in Pyrmont on Sydney Harbour offering 54 private berths (8–30 m). Facilities include berth-specific black-water pump-out, 3-phase power, water, waste-oil pick-up, swipe-card access, CCTV, roaming security/24/7 foot patrol, concierge sign-in, contractor/drop-off parking and on-site marina management. The marina is professionally managed by Scope Marine and advertises berths for sale or lease.

Satellite view of Sydney Wharf Marina

Service area: Pyrmont, Sydney Harbour, NSW

Marina type
full-service marina
Operator
Sydney Wharf Marina
Region
Sydney Harbour
Water body
Darling Harbour / Jones Bay
Wet berths
54
Maximum vessel
30 m
Berth types
permanent berthing, casual berthing

Facilities and services

  • 24/7 security
  • power & water
  • concierge
  • berth-specific black water pump-out
  • contractor and drop-and-go parking
  • concierge sign-in
  • on-site marina manager
  • berths sold/leased as property

Useful for sailors looking for

  • Wet berthing and moorings
  • Vessels up to 30 m

About Sydney Wharf Marina

Sydney Wharf Marina occupies the water beside Wharves 9 and 10 on the old Sydney Wharf finger wharf at Pyrmont, a pocket of Jones Bay that puts berth holders within a ten-minute walk of the CBD, the Star casino complex and the Sydney Fish Market. Completed in 2009 to a Bellingham Marine design, it was built as a boutique, berth-ownership marina rather than a high-turnover commercial operation: just 54 private berths ranging from 8 to 30 metres, split between the two wharf arms, with berths bought, sold and leased on the open market like strata property. The 2019 Sydney Harbour boat storage survey recorded the two arms at 86 to 88 percent occupancy in midwinter, evidence of demand for this rare inner-city product. The character of the place follows from that structure. There is no fuel wharf, no boatyard and no club; instead there is an on-site marina manager, a concierge-style sign-in service and a population of motor yachts and sailing boats whose owners value sleeping aboard within sight of the city skyline. Pyrmont's urban village has grown around the wharf, with Lumi restaurant, fish-market eateries and Darling Harbour's bars close enough that many berth holders treat the marina as an alternative address rather than simply boat storage. Among Sydney Harbour marinas it is the clearest expression of the shift from working waterfront to residential-style berthing. The wharf structure itself, one of the last surviving timber finger wharves on the harbour, gives the marina a historic shell around its modern pontoons, and berth holders walk out each morning through a precinct that still smells faintly of its cargo-working past.

Marina facilities

Service at Sydney Wharf is deliberately narrow and deep rather than broad. The 54 berths, from 8 metres (26 feet) to 30 metres (98 feet), are privately held, so the marina's day-to-day business is managing permanent occupancy plus casual berthing when owners release their pens. Management sits with Scope Marine, with an on-site marina manager handling day-to-day operations and a concierge sign-in service vetting arrivals. Every berth has power and water, and each has its own black-water pump-out connection, a berth-specific arrangement unusual on the harbour that lets owners run holding tanks without queueing at a communal pump-out station. Security is built around CCTV coverage and roaming patrols, with gated access to the pontoons; contractor and drop-and-go parking lets tradespeople and provisioning runs get close to the vessel, a practical concession in a dense urban site. There are no fuel, haul-out or repair facilities on the wharf itself; owners organise fuel at nearby Rozelle Bay or Rushcutters Bay and use the Sydney City Marine yard or other harbour facilities for slipping. What the marina sells instead is certainty: Bellingham-built floating concrete pontoons, professional management, and berths that trade as property. Berth sales and leases are handled through specialist brokers such as Marina Berth Sales, and a 12-metre berth has been advertised for lease at around 1,750 dollars a month plus GST. For owners wanting a maintained, managed inner-city berth rather than a full-service yard, the package is tightly focused and priced accordingly. Rates reflect the CBD position, sitting toward the top end of the Sydney range per metre.

Local sailing knowledge

Jones Bay is deep, sheltered and close to everything, which is both the attraction and the challenge. Vessels approaching from the main harbour pass under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, where a 15-knot speed limit applies within the safety zone extending 600 metres east and 700 metres west of the bridge, and stopping or drifting under the bridge is prohibited. NSW Maritime patrols the zone and penalties apply, so skippers new to the harbour should treat the transit as a regulated corridor rather than a sightseeing drift. Once past the bridge, Pyrmont Bay and Jones Bay open to port, with the marina lying against the heritage finger wharves that once handled the port's general cargo trade. The Sydney Fish Market, a short walk away, is the obvious provisioning stop for seafood, and the light rail and bus networks put the rest of the city within minutes. The precinct's working-harbour character persists: charter boats, superyachts at the neighbouring Jones Bay berths and the fish market fleet keep the waterway busy, and weekend traffic through the bridge zone is heavy. Anchorages are not the point here; this is a berth-and-walk-ashore location, with Blackwattle Bay and Rozelle Bay immediately adjacent and the whole of the eastern harbour an hour's run away. Berth holders tend to be city professionals who keep their boats as floating weekender apartments, taking them out for Boxing Day to watch the Hobart start or New Year's Eve on the harbour, then walking home. It is Sydney's most urban marina experience.

Opening hours

  • MondayOpen 24 hours
  • TuesdayOpen 24 hours
  • WednesdayOpen 24 hours
  • ThursdayOpen 24 hours
  • FridayOpen 24 hours
  • SaturdayOpen 24 hours
  • SundayOpen 24 hours

Customer perspective

Recent Google reviews

★ 4.8 · 22 Google reviews

4 months ago

“Best marina on harbour”

8 months ago

“Great day on November 2025”

2 years ago

“Nice spot of Sydney for a walk. Can catch a ferry from here to spots all over the harbour to change up the pace too :)”

2 years ago

“Great marina. Well service and quite sheltered”

Edited 2 years ago

“Needs parking for boat owners using the Marina, otherwise its close to perfect with great marina manager, Scott.”

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