Empire Bay is a suburb on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area.

Empire Bay was originally known as Sorrento being the name of a large boarding house in the locality.

The name changed to Empire Bay in 1908 when a Postal Receiving Office was opened in a building attached to the boarding house.

[2] Empire Bay is serviced by regular Busways bus services with connections to Woy Woy shopping centre and railway station, the Ettalong Beach retail centre, Kincumber and Erina Fair.