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North Burleigh Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland seen from Mick Schamburg Park
Near Miami State High School. Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Miami State High School

Surf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

12Poor 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 · 12 out of 100

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Tue 3 · 12 out of 100

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Wed 4 · 12 out of 100

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Thu 5 · 12 out of 100

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Fri 6 · 12 out of 100

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Sat 7 · 12 out of 100

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Sun 8 · 12 out of 100

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

The spot in six facts

  • Faces NEtakes swell from the NE
  • Offshore: SWwind from the land
  • Intermediate +who it suits
  • Works 2–9 ftof swell
  • Water 24 °Cno wetsuit
  • Best in May2 good days in 7

Usual weather for your dates

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Usual surf conditions at Miami State High School, each day of your trip
DaySwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 2to 8usually3 ft6 s57kJN23°C

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Photos of Miami State High School

Burleigh beach waves, Gold Coast, around the early 1980s QUT-427
Near Miami State High School. Photo: Iraphne R. Childs, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Miami Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland seen from Mick Schamburg Park
Near Miami State High School. Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Miami Beach Surf Life Saving Club, Queensland
Near Miami State High School, 1 km away. Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About Miami State High School

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated.

The spot faces NE (67°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (247°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 400 m out (1 in 42). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 21°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually May, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Miami, 1.6 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 16 surf spots, 1 wind sports spot and 2 kayak spots.

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

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$1,860–US$3,520 each

about US$1,860–US$3,520 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, board and wetsuit.

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
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$141–US$234
Totalabout US$1,860–US$3,520

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: 3 towns

Closest

Miami

3 min by car · 51 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 51 places to stay in Miami · Booking.com

About Miami 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

About 28h door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → BNE, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 1h 45m by road

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

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