Some of the most popular beaches in the country have been battered by surging waves and sand erosion due to persistent wild weather - with even more forecast for this week.
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Perhaps the most entertaining display of the ocean's might, onlookers were knocked off their feet and drenched by a massive sea spray at Kiama Blowhole on Saturday, April 2.
Meanwhile, Manly residents woke up to multiple boats washed up on the beach on Saturday after aggressive tides pushed them in on Friday night.
Surging waves covered the sand at Cronulla and Elouera Beaches in Sydney's Sutherland Shire on April 1.
Sand has been washed away at Susan Gilmore Beach in Newcastle, revealing thousands of rocks beneath.
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Paul Staples, who was bodyboarding at the beach on Wednesday, said a southern swell had moved sand south to Merewether, making it hard to board at Susan Gilmore beach.
"It's pretty gnarly but I suppose it'll come back here when we get a few more east swells. We end up on the rocks more than the sand, which isn't as fun," Mr Staples told Australian Community Media (ACM).
At the neighbouring Bar Beach, there were significant stretches of exposed rock where sand had also been pushed south to Merewether.
Local Jane Allanson said she hadn't seen this much exposed rock at Bar Beach since the Sygna Storm of May 1974.
"It just seems to be getting a little bit worse. And certainly it is a worry when you see how much is happening around us at the moment in terms of our changing environment," Ms Allanson told ACM.
The NSW coast will not have much time to recover as more rain and wind has been forecast for the rest of the week.
The Bureau of Meteorology's Sarah Scully said rainfall is likely to extend from Wednesday into the weekend.
"The heavy and persistent rainfall is expected to be confined to the central and south coast of New South Wales. However, the rest of the coast of New South Wales can expect showers and storms over the coming days," she said.
The Bureau of Meteorology and the State Emergency Service have issued a severe weather warning for people in Metropolitan, Illawarra, South Coast and parts of Hunter, Central Tablelands and Southern Tablelands Forecast Districts.