Woolooware Bay

This article is about the bay. For the suburb of Woolooware, see Woolooware, New South Wales.

Woolooware Bay
The Georges River, looking east. The Woolooware Bay is pictured as the most easterly bay, to the right and back of the picture, southeast of the Captain Cook Bridge, the most easterly river crossing.
Woolooware Bay Location of Woolooware Bay in New South Wales
Location	Southern Sydney, New South Wales
Coordinates
Type	Bay
Primary outflows	Georges River
Catchment area	6 km2 (2.3 sq mi)
Basin countries	Australia
Managing agency	Sutherland Shire Council
Frozen	never
Settlements	Caringbah, Kurnell, Taren Point, Woolooware

The Woolooware Bay is a bay on the lower estuarine Georges River in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Location and features

The bay is located near where the Georges River empties into Botany Bay, southeast of the Captain Cook Bridge. The bay's catchment area is bound by Botany Bay to the north, Bate Bay sub-catchment to the east, Gwawley Bay sub-catchment to the west and Port Hacking sub-catchment to the south. The bay is surrounded by the suburbs of Kurnell to the east, Woolooware to the south, and Taren Point and Caringbah to the west of the bay's shore. Mangrove swamps were traditionally located around the bay area. Some were reclaimed to create parks and playing fields including Endeavour Field (Toyota Park), Woolooware Golf Course and Cronulla Golf Course.