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Gold Coast Coolangatta. Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Gold Coast Coolangatta

Kitesurf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

20Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 20 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 20 out of 100

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Wed 4 · 20 out of 100

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Thu 5 · 20 out of 100

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Fri 6 · 20 out of 100

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Sat 7 · 20 out of 100

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Sun 8 · 20 out of 100

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No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in five facts

  • Faces NEopen to the NE
  • Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 24 °Cno wetsuit

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual kitesurf conditions at Gold Coast Coolangatta, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Mon 2to 8usuallyN 9 kn24°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Gold Coast Coolangatta

Coolangatta beach, Queensland seen from holiday appartament towers facing the beach 01
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Greenmount from Coollangatta Beach... - panoramio
Photo: David Edwards, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Gold Coast Coolangatta

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 24°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.3 km out (1 in 132). The sea is about 21°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Coolangatta. Within 5 km we also list 20 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,720–US$3,280 each

about US$1,720–US$3,280 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to BNE, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$891–US$1,850
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$241
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$355–US$596
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,720–US$3,280

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Coolangatta

Closest

Coolangatta

2 min by car · 68 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 68 places to stay in Coolangatta · Booking.com

About Coolangatta its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 28h 10m

About 28h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → BNE, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 2h by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.