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Pacific Bay Resort

Name: Pacific Bay Resort
Address: Cnr Pacific Highway & Bay Drive, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450, Australia, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, 2450, AU
Telephone: (02) 6659 7000

Coffs Harbour, New South Wales Capacity: Up to 500 From: From $58 p/head

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About

Overview & Vibe

A resort estate on the northern edge of Coffs Harbour, running from the Pacific Highway down to Charlesworth Bay Beach, with three swimming pools, a nine-hole golf course, tennis courts, a day spa and a tropical lagoon at its centre. It has been running events for over twenty years and won Business Event Venue of the Year at the 2023 North Coast Tourism Awards.

Setting & Style

Choice, rather than one signature room. Ceremonies go on Charlesworth Bay Beach, on lawns with mountain and lagoon views, or in the tropical gardens by the pools. Receptions use the Bayside Bar and Grill and its decks over the lagoon and golf course, the Island Courtyard, the Bayside Green, or the conference centre — nine rooms on a single level that open into one another, the largest being the Charlesworth Room at 620 m².

Ideal For

Large weddings and destination weddings — guests fly into Coffs, stay on site, and never need a car. The resort explicitly markets itself for cultural wedding celebrations.

The Need-to-Knows

Catering is priced per head and published. Cocktail canapé package $58pp; two-course alternate service $63pp and three-course $73pp; the gourmet menu $69pp and $79pp. Minimum 20 guests for the alternate service. Rates are from the venue's 2025 function menus.
Weddings are quoted to 500 guests, and the room matrix goes higher — the Charlesworth Room alone seats 520 for a banquet or 1,000 cocktail. Ask which configuration your number needs.
The resort's own pages give three different sizes for the property — 200 acres on the weddings page, 100 acres on the home page, 70 acres in the inspiration guide. Nothing else about the place depends on it, but it is worth knowing before you read anything else as gospel.
Dietary requirements are marked dish by dish — (V), (VG) and (GF) run through every course of the function menus, including a fully vegan entrée.
The two wedding-specific brochures are old. The inspiration guide was authored in February 2024 and the wedding kit in March 2023 — both outside the two-year window — so any figures in them should be confirmed. The function menus are current.
There is a dedicated weddings line and inbox — (02) 6659 7000 option 3, weddings@pacificbayresort.com.au — separate from reservations, conferences and the restaurant.
Ten minutes from Coffs Harbour airport, and roughly halfway between Sydney and Brisbane, which is the point for a guest list flying in.

Standout Feature

A beach, a lagoon, a golf course and nine function rooms on one property — with enough beds that the whole guest list can stay put.

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Website

pacificbayresort.com.au

Phone

(02) 6659 7000

Address

Cnr Pacific Highway & Bay Drive, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450, Australia

Amenities

Charlesworth Bay Beach Frontage
Tropical Lagoon
Three Swimming Pools
Nine Hole Golf Course
Tennis Courts
Resort Spa
Bayside Bar And Grill
Bayside Decks Over The Lagoon
Bayside Green
Island Courtyard
Nine Function Rooms On One Level
Charlesworth Room 620 Square Metres
Acoustic Partition Walls
Ceiling Hung Data Projectors And Sound Systems
Wireless Broadband
Dedicated Events Team
Dedicated Weddings Contact
In House Catering With Local Produce
Outdoor Barbeque Dining
Activities Hut And Teambuilding
Ten Minutes From Coffs Harbour Airport
Business Event Venue Of The Year 2023

Ceremony Setting

beach
garden
lawn
outdoor
resort
function room
poolside
courtyard

Dietary Options Supported

Vegetarian
Vegan
Gluten Free

Nearby Landmarks

Charlesworth Bay Beach – The resort's own beach frontage
Coffs Harbour – Minutes from the shopping precincts
Coffs Harbour Airport – Ten minutes by car
Solitary Islands Marine Park – Offshore from the resort's beach
Coffs Coast hinterland – The ranges behind the resort
Dorrigo and the World Heritage rainforests – Inland, west of Coffs
Sydney and Brisbane – The resort sits roughly halfway between them

On Site Accommodation

Standard, Executive and Deluxe hotel rooms – tea and coffee, bar fridge, ensuite
One-bedroom apartments in three grades, with kitchenette and full-size fridge
Two-bedroom dual-key apartments combining a hotel room and a one-bedroom apartment
Two-bedroom penthouses, Standard and Executive, over the lagoon, gardens and golf course
Three-bedroom apartments
Special accommodation arranged for the couple; guests can stay on for a full resort break

Price Notes

THE CURRENT PRICING IS IN THE FUNCTION MENUS, NOT IN THE WEDDING BROCHURES. 'Function-Menus-2025.pdf' was created 29 January 2025 and carries every per-head rate: cocktail canape package $58pp; Bayside alternate service $63pp for two courses and $73pp for three, minimum 20 guests; gourmet alternate service $69pp and $79pp. All are 'Served with Bread Rolls, Tea and Coffee available' and 'Please select 2 items per course'.
BOTH WEDDING-SPECIFIC BROCHURES ARE OUTSIDE THE TWO-YEAR WINDOW AND ARE NOT USED FOR PRICING. 'Flipbook_2024.pdf', the Find Your Perfect Resort Wedding inspiration guide, has /CreationDate 5 February 2024 - about two years five months at harvest. 'Pacific-Bay-Resort-Weddings-2023.pdf', the wedding kit, has /CreationDate 15 March 2023 - three years four months. Both were re-uploaded in March 2026 (HTTP Last-Modified 4 March 2026), which is the Craig's Royal pattern from Batch 135: authored once, republished later. Because the authored dates are past the threshold, nothing financial is taken from either; the inspiration guide is cited only for its description of the spaces.
THE RESORT PUBLISHES THREE DIFFERENT SIZES FOR ITS OWN PROPERTY. The weddings page: 'Situated on 200-acres of manicured gardens.' The home page: 'Our immaculate resort is spread over 100 acres of beautifully maintained gardens which extend to the secluded Charlesworth Bay beach.' The 2024 inspiration guide, twice: 'set on 70 acres of tropical resort surrounds' and 'Explore over 70 acres of incredible spaces'. Three figures, three of the venue's own sources, a factor of nearly three between the largest and smallest. Nothing else recorded here depends on the acreage, and none of the three is presented as fact in the listing. This is the widest self-contradiction the campaign has recorded from a single vendor.
NO WEDDING PACKAGE PRICE, VENUE HIRE FEE OR MINIMUM SPEND IS PUBLISHED ANYWHERE. The weddings page promises 'great value all-inclusive wedding packages' and directs to a download and to the wedding team; the downloadable kits are the two stale documents above. price_per_head is therefore populated from the catering menus and the package structure is not recorded.
THE ROOM MATRIX IS FULLY PUBLISHED and is the most detailed capacity document in this region - thirteen rooms with ceiling height, floor area in m2 and seven layout options each. See venue_capacity for the figures. It was authored in July 2019; dimensions do not expire and it is cited for nothing else.
FIVE SEPARATE CONTACTS ARE PUBLISHED, INCLUDING A DEDICATED WEDDINGS LINE: 'Reception and Reservations stay@pacificbayresort.com.au (02) 6659 7000 (Dial 1); Bayside Bar and Grill fbmanager@pacificbayresort.com.au (02) 6659 7018; Conference Sales sales@pacificbayresort.com.au (02) 6659 7000 (Dial 3); Weddings weddings@pacificbayresort.com.au (02) 6659 7000 (Dial 3); Accounts finance@pacificbayresort.com.au (Dial 4); Golf and Activities Hut activitiesmanager@pacificbayresort.com.au (Dial 5).'
THE VENUE HOLDS A CURRENT INDUSTRY AWARD AND PRINTS IT ON THE MENUS: 'WINNER BUSINESS EVENT VENUE OF THE YEAR - NORTH COAST TOURISM AWARDS 2023 GOLD'. Recorded as a credential rather than as a wedding claim.
IT IS A SINGLE RESORT ON ITS OWN DOMAIN, checked because the register flagged it. The footer reads 'Pacific Bay Resort Management All Rights Reserved' and there is no group brand; it is not on the chain exclusion list.

Price Per Head

From $58 p/head

Venue Capacity

Up to 500

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