Gold Coast. Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Gold Coast

Surf, kitesurf, windsurf, kayak and mountain biking town · Australia

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209 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.

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Spots near here: 73 places in 5 sports

Surf · this week

Blackrocks · 53 min by car · stays in Pottsville
16 out of 100
Pottsville · 53 min by car · stays in Pottsville
15 out of 100
Hastings Point · 51 min by car · stays in Hastings Point
14 out of 100
Cooks Island · 40 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
13 out of 100
Casuarina Beach · 42 min by car · stays in Casuarina
12 out of 100
Cabarita · 45 min by car · stays in Bogangar
11 out of 100
Cudgen Bombie · 41 min by car · stays in Cabarita Beach
11 out of 100
Rainbow bay · 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
11 out of 100

All 68 surf spots

Akkorokamui · 16 min by car
10 out of 100
Dreamtime · 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
10 out of 100
Main beach · 10 min by car · stays in Main Beach
10 out of 100
Sea world · 12 min by car
10 out of 100
South Stradie · 15 min by car
10 out of 100
The "P" · 9 min by car
10 out of 100
Kingscliff - inner bombie · 43 min by car · stays in Kingscliff
9 out of 100
Narrow Neck · 8 min by car
9 out of 100
Nobby's Beach · 15 min by car
9 out of 100
North Burleigh · 15 min by car
9 out of 100
south beach · 43 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
9 out of 100
Womin Bay · 36 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
9 out of 100
25th Av. palm Beach · 22 min by car · stays in Palm Beach
8 out of 100
Broadbeach · 9 min by car · stays in Broadbeach
8 out of 100
Burleigh Heads · 19 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads
8 out of 100
Burleigh Heads - 5th Ave · 17 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads
8 out of 100
Currumbin Alley · 27 min by car · stays in Currumbin
8 out of 100
Duranbah · 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
8 out of 100
Elephant Rock · 27 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
8 out of 100
Fingal Head · 40 min by car · stays in Fingal Head
8 out of 100
Forks · 27 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
8 out of 100
Greenmount · 33 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
8 out of 100
Kingscliff · 37 min by car · stays in Kingscliff
8 out of 100
Kingscliff Main beach · 39 min by car · stays in Kingscliff
8 out of 100
Laceys · 26 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
8 out of 100
Lovers Right · 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
8 out of 100
Mermaid Beach · 12 min by car · stays in Mermaid Beach
8 out of 100
Miami State High School · 17 min by car · stays in Miami
8 out of 100
Needle dicks · 40 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
8 out of 100
Neill's Bank · 8 min by car
8 out of 100
North Burleigh ledge · 17 min by car
8 out of 100
Northcliff · 7 min by car
8 out of 100
Nothings · 26 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
8 out of 100
Outsides · 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
8 out of 100
Palm Beach 21st rock jetty · 23 min by car · stays in Palm Beach
8 out of 100
Palmy · 24 min by car · stays in Palm Beach
8 out of 100
Peerless · 11 min by car
8 out of 100
Seminyak Wedge · 17 min by car
8 out of 100
Sharkies · 20 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads
8 out of 100
Supabank - northcliff surf club · 7 min by car
8 out of 100
Superbank Lefts · 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
8 out of 100
Surfers Paradise · 8 min by car · stays in Surfers Paradise
8 out of 100
Surfers Paradise 2 · 6 min by car · stays in Surfers Paradise
8 out of 100
Tallebudgera Creekmouth · 20 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads
8 out of 100
Tally · 23 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads
8 out of 100
The Reef · 22 min by car · stays in Palm Beach
8 out of 100
The Wall · 22 min by car · stays in Palm Beach
8 out of 100
Tower 35 · 6 min by car
8 out of 100
Tugun · 26 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
8 out of 100
Coolangatta · 32 min by car · stays in Coolangatta
7 out of 100
end wedge · 47 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
7 out of 100
Fingal Bomie · 47 min by car · stays in Fingal
7 out of 100
Froggys · 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
7 out of 100
Insides · 47 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
7 out of 100
Kirra · 31 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
7 out of 100
Letitia Spit · 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
7 out of 100
Point Danger · 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
7 out of 100
Snapper Rocks · 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
7 out of 100
Superbanks · 34 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
7 out of 100
Tweed Bar · 47 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads
7 out of 100

Kitesurf · this week

Gold Coast · 1.5 km · stays here
12 out of 100

Windsurf · this week

Gold Coast · 1.5 km · stays here
17 out of 100

Kayak · this week

Oyster Creek · 12.3 km · stays here
95 out of 100
Stony Creek · 8.5 km · stays here
95 out of 100

Mountain biking · this week

Family Loop · 12.8 km · stays here
85 out of 100

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 Gold Coast.

Places to eat

6 near Gold Coast

Places to eat near Gold Coast

Palette RestaurantAustralian · 0.1 km from the centre
One50 Public HouseAmerican · 0.3 km from the centre
Guzman y GomezMexican · 0.5 km from the centre
Shogun Japanese Karaoke RestaurantFish and chips · 0.5 km from the centre
Bangkok Thai on ChevronThai · 0.6 km from the centre
Bottega Chevron VillageItalian · 0.6 km from the centre

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

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Photos of Gold Coast

Surfers Paradise Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia — Photo: Jack Bain, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Night view of Surfers Paradise. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. DJI 0336 — Photo: Yupeng Wu from sydney, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Skylines of Surfers Paradise seen from Home of the Arts, Queensland, 2023 (panorama) 03 — Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Gold Coast

where it is, what is near

Gold Coast is a town in Queensland, Australia.

From Gold Coast you can reach 68 surf spots, 1 kitesurf spot, 1 windsurf spot, 2 kayak spots and 1 mountain bike area.

The nearest is Tower 35, a surf spot 1.4 km from the centre.

Overture lists 209 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Gold Coast Airport (OOL), 20 km away.

In Queensland · Australia

209 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: Gold Coast Airport (OOL), 20 km, Brisbane International Airport (BNE), 75 km, Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), 93 km

Forecast updated Tue 3 Nov, 03:17 UTC. 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.

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