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Gold Coast

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

Score a trip to Gold Coast

Surf, kitesurf, windsurf, kayak and mountain biking, 6 nights from tomorrow, from your nearest start point: scored, planned and costed. Try another search

Beds: 209 places

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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.

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

All 209 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 41 places in 5 sports

Surf · this week

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

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  • Akkorokamui · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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

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

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  • Burleigh Heads - 5th Ave · about 20 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Currumbin Alley · about 30 min by car · stays in Currumbin · Not for beginners

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  • Elephant Rock · about 30 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Forks · about 30 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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All 36 surf spots

  • Laceys · about 30 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Main beach · about 5 min by car · stays in Main Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Mermaid Beach · about 10 min by car · stays in Mermaid Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Miami State High School · about 20 min by car · stays in Miami · Not for beginners

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  • Narrow Neck · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Neill's Bank · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Nobby's Beach · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • North Burleigh · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • North Burleigh ledge · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Northcliff · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Nothings · about 30 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Palm Beach 21st rock jetty · about 25 min by car · stays in Palm Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Palmy · about 25 min by car · stays in Palm Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Peerless · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Sea world · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Seminyak Wedge · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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

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  • South Stradie · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Supabank - northcliff surf club · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Surfers Paradise · about 5 min by car · stays in Surfers Paradise · Not for beginners

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  • Surfers Paradise 2 · about 5 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 25 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads · Not for beginners

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  • The "P" · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • The Reef · about 25 min by car · stays in Palm Beach · Not for beginners

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  • The Wall · about 25 min by car · stays in Palm Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Tower 35 · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Tugun · about 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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Kitesurf · this week

Windsurf · this week

Kayak · this week

Mountain biking · 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 Gold Coast.

Places to eat

6 near Gold Coast

Places to eat near Gold Coast

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

Gold Coast 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 20 km from Gold Coast.

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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 36 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 . 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).