Akuna Bay

Akuna Bay is in the Akuna Bay precinct of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. To get there:

• Follow McCarrs Creek Road and turn onto Liberator General San Martin Drive
• Akuna Bay is part way along scenic Coal and Candle Creek.

Road quality

• Sealed roads

Vehicle access

• 2WD vehicles

Weather restrictions

• All weather

Parking

Parking is available at Akuna Bay along General San Martin Drive as well as in a carpark opposite the marina.

The parking includes 5 accessible parking spaces on the marina side of General San Martin Drive.

Boat moorings

• NSW National Parks provides free, courtesy moorings available to all recreational boat users on Cowan Waters in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.
• Domestic Commercial Vessels may use courtesy moorings with NPWS consent.
• Vessels must not be left unattended on a courtesy mooring.
• Only one vessel can be attached to each mooring at a time, for a maximum of 24 hours. Attaching other vessels to the moored vessel is not allowed.
• Vessels cannot exceed 14 metres in length. 
• There's no need to book, just moor your boat at any of the available yellow buoys marked with a NSW National Parks logo.
• There are 54 moorings in 17 locations and the NPWS mooring locations are shown as a black number inside a yellow circle on this map provided by Department of Roads and Maritime Safety.

Toilets

• Flush toilets

Picnic tables

Barbecue facilities

• Gas/electric barbecues (free)

Boat ramp

Cafe/kiosk

Step-free access

There's step-free access from the carpark to the marina along concrete pathways, a wooden ramp and wood decking.

• Step-free outdoor pathways

Seats and resting points

There are 2 timber benches with backrests and armrests on the pathway that leads to the marina from General San Martin Drive.

• Akuna Bay factsheet
• Akuna Bay map (5.1MB pdf)

Disability access level - easy

• There's step-free access from the parking to the marina and cafe along concrete pathways, a wooden ramp and wood decking.
• The public toilets at the marina are not accessible or ambulant. However, there is a locked accessible and ambulant toilet, shower and change facility for parents and carers which is reserved for marina and cafe guests. A key can be obtained from the cafe or marina office.
• Cafe and marina staff can assist with charging locations for power wheelchairs and mobility scooters.
• There are 5 accessible parking spaces on the marina side of Grand San Martin Drive.
• There are 2 benches with backrests and armrests where you can rest.