| Type: | suburb |
| Salamander Bay | |
| State: | nsw |
| Coordinates: | -32.7292°N 152.0894°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pop: | 4,991 |
| Density: | 587.18 |
| Postcode: | 2317 |
| Elevation: | 4.5 |
| Area: | 8.5 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10 |
| Timezone-Dst: | AEDT |
| Utc-Dst: | +11 |
| Dist1: | 202 |
| Dir1: | NNE |
| Location1: | Sydney |
| Dist2: | 55 |
| Dir2: | NE |
| Location2: | Newcastle |
| Dist3: | 40 |
| Dir3: | ENE |
| Location3: | Raymond Terrace |
| Lga: | Port Stephens Council[2] |
| Region: | Hunter |
| County: | Gloucester |
| Parish: | Tomaree |
| Stategov: | Port Stephens[3] |
| Fedgov: | Paterson[4] |
| Maxtemp: | 27.3 |
| Mintemp: | 8.4 |
| Rainfall: | 1348.9 |
| Near-N: | Port Stephens |
| Near-Ne: | Corlette |
| Near-E: | Nelson Bay |
| Near-Se: | Nelson Bay |
| Near-S: | Anna Bay |
| Near-Sw: | Taylors Beach |
| Near-W: | Port Stephens |
| Near-Nw: | Soldiers Point |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 12 |
Salamander Bay is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[2] The Worimi people are the traditional owners of the Port Stephens area.[5] Named after the adjacent shallow bay, itself named after Salamander, a convict ship from the Third Fleet, which was the first European vessel to enter Port Stephens (1791), it is a mainly residential suburb with a large shopping centre.[6] At the 2021 census, Salamander Bay had a population of 4,991. It is home to Tomaree High School, a TAFE facility and St Phillips Christian College (Port Stephens Campus).