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Main Beach, Queensland March 2016
Main Beach. Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Main Beach

Surf, sailing and dive town · Australia

Score a trip to Main Beach

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Beds: 93 places

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93 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 93 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 56 places in 3 sports

Surf · this week

  • Coolangatta · about 45 min by car · stays in Coolangatta

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  • Superbanks · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    32

  • Greenmount · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    28

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

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

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  • Burleigh Heads · about 25 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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  • Cooks Island · about 50 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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All 54 surf spots

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

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  • Duranbah · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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

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  • end wedge · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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

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  • Fingal Head · about 50 min by car · stays in Fingal Head · Not for beginners

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

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  • Froggys · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Insides · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Kirra · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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

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  • Letitia Spit · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Lovers Right · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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

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  • Mermaid Beach · about 15 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 · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Needle dicks · about 50 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Neill's Bank · about 10 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Nobby's Beach · about 20 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • North Burleigh · about 20 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • North Burleigh ledge · about 20 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Northcliff · about 10 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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

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  • Outsides · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Palm Beach 21st rock jetty · about 30 min by car · stays in Palm Beach · Not for beginners

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

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  • Peerless · about 15 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Point Danger · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Rainbow bay · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Sea world · about 5 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Seminyak Wedge · about 20 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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

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  • Snapper Rocks · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Supabank - northcliff surf club · about 10 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Superbank Lefts · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · 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 25 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 · stays in Gold Coast · 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 · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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

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  • Tweed Bar · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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Sailing · this week

Dive · 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 Main Beach.

Places to eat

6 near Main Beach

Places to eat near Main Beach

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

Main Beach 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 30 km from Main Beach.

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Photos of Main Beach

Beach Houses, Main Beach, Queensland 03
Photo: Chris Olszewski, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Main Beach, Queensland 05
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Main Beach Pavilion, Southport Surf Life Saving Club
Photo: Chris Olszewski, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Main Beach

where it is, what is near

Main Beach is a town in Queensland, Australia.

From Main Beach you can reach 54 surf spots, 1 sailing spot and 1 dive site.

The nearest is Main beach, a surf spot 0.3 km from the centre.

Overture lists 93 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Gold Coast Airport (OOL), 22 km away.

In Queensland · Australia

  • 93 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Gold Coast Airport (OOL), 22 km, Brisbane International Airport (BNE), 73 km, Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), 96 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).