Police were contacted after the woman turned up at the home of a family friend in Eastwood on Monday afternoon.

They said the woman, who reportedly suffers from mental health issues, was otherwise well.

Police have called off the search for the 29-year-old woman who went missing from City Beach on Monday morning.

The woman, who is homeless, is known to frequent beachside suburbs in the Illawarra and Sydney.

Police were looking into whether the woman had travelled to Manly, or if she had contacted friends and family.

A search of vacant premises in Wollongong’s east was called off before midday.