Maitland Bay

Maitland Bay is a secluded ocean beach within Bouddi National Park on the Central Coast of New South Wales, near Killcare. Accessible via the Maitland Bay walking track, it is known for its curved sandy shoreline, surrounding sandstone cliffs and forested headlands. The unpatrolled beach is valued for swimming, surfing and coastal walking, and forms part of one of the Central Coast's most intact natural coastal landscapes within the national park.

Visitors can expect a relatively isolated sandy beach enclosed by bush-covered headlands and cliffs within Bouddi National Park. Access is via the Maitland Bay Track, a bushwalking track with steps descending to the beach from the car park on Maitland Bay Drive. The beach has no shops or patrolled swimming area, offering a natural setting for beach walking, swimming, surfing and photography, with views along the coastline and surrounding national park forest.

Maitland Bay lies within Bouddi National Park, established in 1936 as one of New South Wales' earliest national parks. The bay and surrounding area preserve a largely undeveloped coastal landscape that has been protected for conservation and recreation since the early 20th century. The beach is accessed by historic walking tracks developed as part of the park's recreation network.

The Bouddi area is part of the traditional lands of the Darkinjung and Guringai peoples. The national park landscape holds Aboriginal cultural heritage values, with the coastal environment traditionally used for food, shelter and cultural practices. Today the bay is valued as a natural and recreational place within the protected national park.