Marina service
Church Point Marina (formerly Holmeport/Homeport Marinas)
About
Church Point Marina (formerly Holmeport/Homeport Marinas) at a glance
Well-established marina on the site of the former Holmeport Marinas at the mouth of McCarrs Creek, Pittwater. Floating concrete pontoons suit vessels up to about 30m, with 100+ swing moorings for craft up to about 20m and a daily tender service.
Service area: Pittwater
- Marina type
- full-service marina
- Operator
- Church Point Marina
- Region
- Pittwater
- Water body
- Pittwater (McCarrs Creek)
- Maximum vessel
- 30 m
- Berth types
- permanent berthing, casual berthing, swing moorings
Facilities and services
- fuel
- power & water
- pump-out
- 7-day tender service
- complimentary dinghies
- free weekend work wharf
- off-street parking
- marine electronics repairs & installation
- boat brokerage
- wheelchair access
About Church Point Marina (formerly Holmeport/Homeport Marinas)
Church Point Marina occupies one of the most historically layered marina sites on Pittwater, at the mouth of McCarrs Creek on the waterway's southwestern shore. Sydney boaters of a certain age knew it as Homeport, later Holmeport Marinas, a family-owned operation that billed itself as the Northern Beaches' most prestigious marina; the current name and management continue on the same footprint. The physical plant dates the place in a good way. The old timber floating wharves were replaced in 2004 with a Bellingham Marine concrete pontoon system, and in 2019 a further extension of C Wharf added big-boat berths from 10 to 30 metres, so the marina mixes modern infrastructure with a long-established mooring field. Capacity is around 200 vessels split between wet berths and 126 swing moorings strung along the foreshore, set in deep water that is naturally sheltered from prevailing winds. The tenant mix gives the site a character unlike any other marina on the waterway: the NSW Police Marine Area Command keeps its Broken Bay water police base here, the Boating Industry Association has its office on site, and the commercial tenants include Bluewater Power Boats, a specialist marine electronics installer, and Gameboats, a brokerage focused on Bertram and Caribbean sportsfishers. The result is a marina that functions as a genuine hub of the NSW boating industry rather than just a parking lot for yachts. Church Point itself is Pittwater's working harbour: the Scotland Island ferries depart from the public wharf a short walk away, commuter and charter traffic passes constantly, and the waterfront strip mixes boatyards, cafes and marine businesses. For owners who want deep-water berthing within a short sail of Broken Bay and the ocean, the location is close to ideal.
Marina facilities
The wet berthing is built around concrete floating pontoons taking vessels to 30 metres (100 feet). Every berth has a service unit supplying power, single-phase on standard berths and three-phase on the larger ones, plus water, and all berths have full-length side fingers for easy boarding; the big berths on the 2019 C Wharf extension carry extra-wide 1.8-metre fingers. Wheelchair access is properly resolved, with level access from the car park to the ramp. The 126 swing moorings take vessels to 20 metres (65 feet) and are serviced by a seven-day tender running during office hours, with complimentary dinghies available for after-hours trips out to your boat. A genuinely useful extra is the free work wharf, bookable on weekends for jobs that cannot be done on a swing mooring, such as battery charging or loading. The fuel wharf dispenses diesel and unleaded and carries a high-speed waste pump-out unit installed with the wharf upgrade, one of the few pump-out points on Pittwater. Secure off-street parking is provided for all marina customers, and the site opens 364 days a year, closing only on Christmas Day. On-site trades are a strength: Bluewater Power Boats handles marine electronics, electrical refits, security and navigation systems as a preferred installer for Raymarine, Simrad, B&G and Lowrance, ABYC certified, with refit experience across Sunseeker, Princess, Riviera, Sea Ray and Beneteau; Gameboats sells and services Bertram and Caribbean game boats; and the Broken Bay water police base means a permanent emergency presence. Berth and mooring enquiries go direct to the marina manager by phone or email, with casual berthing available subject to space. There is no slipway or hardstand on site, so haul-outs are arranged through other Pittwater yards, but for day-to-day berthing, fuelling, electronics work and mooring services the marina is close to self-contained.
Local sailing knowledge
The approach to Church Point Marina is straightforward in almost any weather: Pittwater's entrance from Broken Bay is deep and wide, the channel up the western shore passes the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club at Newport, and the marina lies in the bight at the mouth of McCarrs Creek with deep water right to the pontoons. There are no bridges, bars or locks between the ocean and the berth, which is a large part of the site's appeal for keelboats. The one caution is traffic: Church Point is the departure point for the Scotland Island and western foreshore ferries, so the fairway off the public wharf is busy, and the mooring field extends well into the bay. Once berthed, the whole Pittwater and Broken Bay cruising ground opens up. McCarrs Creek itself, behind the marina, winds into Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park with NPWS moorings and quiet anchorages; further afield, Coasters Retreat, The Basin, Refuge Bay and the Hawkesbury River system are all within an easy day sail, and the open ocean off Barrenjoey Head is minutes away for a run to Sydney or Port Stephens. Ashore, Church Point village has a handful of cafes and a general store near the wharf, the Pasadena Sydney dining room overlooks the bay, and The Quays Marina next door has its own waterfront cafe; serious provisioning means a run to Mona Vale or Newport supermarkets. A useful local quirk: the westerly bullets that funnel down off the Ku-ring-gai escarpment on winter afternoons can hit the mooring field hard, and locals rig accordingly. The marina's deep, sheltered water has made it a long-time favourite with offshore racing crews preparing for the Sydney to Hobart, and the on-site police base keeps the area's security notably tight. Road access is via McCarrs Creek Road from Mona Vale Road, about 45 minutes from the Sydney CBD outside peak hour.