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A view from Kirra Hill View looking towards Coolangatta township in Queensland, Australia
Coolangatta. Photo: Jack Bain, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Coolangatta

Surf, kitesurf and windsurf town · Australia

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Beds: 68 places

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68 places to stay within 2 km.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

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Spots near here: 72 places in 3 sports

Surf · this week

  • Coolangatta · about 5 min by car

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  • Superbanks · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    32

  • Greenmount · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    28

  • 25th Av. palm Beach · about 20 min by car · stays in Palm Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Belongil · about 1h 30m by car · stays in Byron Bay · Not for beginners

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  • Blackrocks · about 45 min by car · stays in Pottsville · Not for beginners

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  • Broadbeach · about 35 min by car · stays in Broadbeach · Not for beginners

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  • Brunswick Heads North · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Brunswick Heads · Not for beginners

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All 70 surf spots

  • Burleigh Heads · about 25 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Burleigh Heads - 5th Ave · about 25 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Cabarita · about 35 min by car · stays in Bogangar · Not for beginners

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  • Casuarina Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Casuarina · Not for beginners

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  • Cooks Island · about 10 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Cudgen Bombie · about 25 min by car · stays in Cabarita Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Currumbin Alley · about 15 min by car · stays in Currumbin · Not for beginners

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  • Dreamtime · about 15 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Duranbah · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Elephant Rock · about 10 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • end wedge · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Fingal Bomie · about 5 min by car · stays in Fingal · Not for beginners

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  • Fingal Head · about 10 min by car · stays in Fingal Head · Not for beginners

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  • Forks · about 10 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Froggys · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Hastings Point · about 40 min by car · stays in Hastings Point · Not for beginners

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  • Insides · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Kingscliff · about 20 min by car · stays in Kingscliff · Not for beginners

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  • Kingscliff - inner bombie · about 20 min by car · stays in Kingscliff · Not for beginners

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  • Kingscliff Main beach · about 20 min by car · stays in Kingscliff · Not for beginners

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  • Kirra · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Laceys · about 15 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Letitia Spit · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Lovers Right · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Main beach · about 45 min by car · stays in Main Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Mermaid Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Mermaid Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Miami State High School · about 25 min by car · stays in Miami · Not for beginners

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  • Narrow Neck · about 40 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Needle dicks · about 10 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Neill's Bank · about 35 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Nobby's Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • North Burleigh · about 25 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • North Burleigh ledge · about 25 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Northcliff · about 35 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Nothings · about 10 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Outsides · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Palm Beach 21st rock jetty · about 20 min by car · stays in Palm Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Palmy · about 15 min by car · stays in Palm Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Peerless · about 35 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Point Danger · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Pottsville · about 45 min by car · stays in Pottsville · Not for beginners

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  • Rainbow bay · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Sea world · about 45 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Seminyak Wedge · about 25 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Sharkies · about 20 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Snapper Rocks · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • south beach · about 20 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • South Stradie · about 50 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Southport Seaway · about 50 min by car · stays in Southport · Not for beginners

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  • Supabank - northcliff surf club · about 40 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Superbank Lefts · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Surfers Paradise · about 40 min by car · stays in Surfers Paradise · Not for beginners

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  • Surfers Paradise 2 · about 40 min by car · stays in Surfers Paradise · Not for beginners

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  • Tallebudgera Creekmouth · about 20 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Tally · about 20 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads · Not for beginners

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  • The "P" · about 40 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • The Reef · about 20 min by car · stays in Palm Beach · Not for beginners

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  • The Wall · about 20 min by car · stays in Palm Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Tower 35 · about 40 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Tugun · about 10 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Tweed Bar · about 5 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Womin Bay · about 15 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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Kitesurf · this week

Windsurf · this week

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Coolangatta.

Places to eat

6 near Coolangatta

Places to eat near Coolangatta

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Coolangatta on Google Maps

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 50 km from Coolangatta.

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Photos of Coolangatta

A view of Coolangatta Beach, Greenmount Beach, Greenmount Hill from Kirra Point, Queensland, Australia
Photo: Jack Bain, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirra Beach seen from jetty between Coolangatta Beach and Kirra Beach, Queensland, 2020
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nth Kirra Beach... - panoramio
Photo: David Edwards, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Coolangatta

where it is, what is near

Coolangatta is a town in New South Wales, Australia.

From Coolangatta you can reach 70 surf spots, 1 kitesurf spot and 1 windsurf spot.

The nearest is Kirra, a surf spot 0.4 km from the centre.

Overture lists 68 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Gold Coast Airport (OOL), 2 km away.

In New South Wales · Australia

  • 68 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Gold Coast Airport (OOL), 2 km, Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), 74 km, Lismore Airport (LSY), 78 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).