Number 1 Ocean Street

Overview & Vibe

Number 1 Ocean Street is the function venue on the top floor of the Woolgoolga Surf Life Saving Club, and it calls itself the Coffs Coast's only absolute beachfront wedding venue. It sits directly on the sand at the southern end of Woolgoolga's main beach — which the venue notes was named Australia's best mainland beach in 2025 — with wrap-around glass on three sides and an expansive ocean-front deck. The building is new and the fit-out is deliberately blank-canvas: one couple's review calls it “the PERFECT canvas.”

Setting & Style

One room, used several ways. Seated banquets run indoors under natural light with uninterrupted ocean views and a purpose-built dance floor; receptions can instead be set entirely on the ocean-front deck, which has retractable all-weather screens, for an alfresco dinner or a cocktail party. Ceremonies have real choice: the beach itself, the headland park a short walk away where an arbour frames the ocean, a rainforest glade under ten minutes' drive, the township's churches and temples — or two all-weather options on site, which the venue says some couples pick as Plan A rather than Plan B, and does not charge extra for.

Ideal For

Couples who want to run their own show. The venue is BYO in both directions: the fully equipped bar is “just waiting for you to fill it with your own beer and wine” with the venue's RSA staff doing the set-up, serving and clean-up and whatever is left over going home with you; and the commercial kitchen is fitted out for your caterers, so you choose the food, the styling and the vendors without a preset package. Exclusive use is standard, and there is a dedicated events manager to coordinate it.

The Need-to-Knows

Hire starts at $1,600 ex GST, varying by function type and day of the week, with a Wedding Kit available on request — unusually transparent for this campaign, though it is a hire fee, not a per-head rate. Seating is 180 for a sit-down banquet. Note that the venue stocks 220 dining chairs, and third-party listings quote 220 as the guest capacity; 180 is the figure the venue itself gives for a seated wedding. Weddings get the venue from 9am on the day until 8am the next morning, bookings are full-day only, cleaning is included, and the curfew is 11.30pm — which the venue points out is later than most in the area. There is no accommodation on site; the venue instead publishes a list of around thirty nearby properties, some within walking distance.

Standout Feature

You can be married on the sand and walk upstairs to dinner. Very few Australian venues are genuinely on the beach rather than near it, and fewer still hand you the bar, the kitchen and the whole building for the night and let you take the leftover wine home.