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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

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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).

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Spots near here: 68 places in 3 sports

Surf · this week

  • Blackrocks · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Pottsville

    25 out of 100
  • Pottsville · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Pottsville

    25 out of 100
  • Hastings Point · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Hastings Point

    24 out of 100
  • The "P" · about 5 min by car · stays in Gold Coast

    24 out of 100
  • Broadbeach · about 10 min by car · stays in Broadbeach

    23 out of 100
  • Main beach · about 5 min by car

    23 out of 100
  • Narrow Neck · about 5 min by car · stays in Gold Coast

    23 out of 100
  • Neill's Bank · about 10 min by car · stays in Gold Coast

    23 out of 100
All 66 surf spots
  • Northcliff · about 10 min by car · stays in Gold Coast

    23 out of 100
  • Sea world · about 5 min by car · stays in Gold Coast

    23 out of 100
  • Supabank - northcliff surf club · about 10 min by car · stays in Gold Coast

    23 out of 100
  • Surfers Paradise · about 5 min by car · stays in Surfers Paradise

    23 out of 100
  • Surfers Paradise 2 · about 5 min by car · stays in Surfers Paradise

    23 out of 100
  • Tower 35 · about 5 min by car · stays in Gold Coast

    23 out of 100
  • Cabarita · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Bogangar

    22 out of 100
  • Casuarina Beach · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Casuarina

    22 out of 100
  • Cudgen Bombie · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Cabarita Beach

    22 out of 100
  • Cooks Island · about 50 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    21 out of 100
  • Mermaid Beach · about 15 min by car · stays in Mermaid Beach

    21 out of 100
  • Nobby's Beach · about 20 min by car · stays in Gold Coast

    21 out of 100
  • North Burleigh · about 20 min by car · stays in Gold Coast

    21 out of 100
  • Peerless · about 15 min by car · stays in Gold Coast

    21 out of 100
  • Burleigh Heads - 5th Ave · about 20 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads

    20 out of 100
  • Dreamtime · about 55 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    20 out of 100
  • Duranbah · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    20 out of 100
  • Kingscliff - inner bombie · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Kingscliff

    20 out of 100
  • Miami State High School · about 20 min by car · stays in Miami

    20 out of 100
  • North Burleigh ledge · about 20 min by car · stays in Gold Coast

    20 out of 100
  • Outsides · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    20 out of 100
  • Rainbow bay · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    20 out of 100
  • Seminyak Wedge · about 20 min by car · stays in Gold Coast

    20 out of 100
  • Snapper Rocks · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    20 out of 100
  • south beach · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    20 out of 100
  • Superbank Lefts · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    20 out of 100
  • 25th Av. palm Beach · about 25 min by car · stays in Palm Beach

    19 out of 100
  • end wedge · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    19 out of 100
  • Fingal Bomie · about 45 min by car · stays in Fingal

    19 out of 100
  • Froggys · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    19 out of 100
  • Greenmount · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    19 out of 100
  • Insides · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    19 out of 100
  • Kingscliff · about 1h by car · stays in Kingscliff

    19 out of 100
  • Kingscliff Main beach · about 1h by car · stays in Kingscliff

    19 out of 100
  • Letitia Spit · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    19 out of 100
  • Lovers Right · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    19 out of 100
  • Needle dicks · about 50 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    19 out of 100
  • Palm Beach 21st rock jetty · about 30 min by car · stays in Palm Beach

    19 out of 100
  • Palmy · about 30 min by car · stays in Palm Beach

    19 out of 100
  • Point Danger · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    19 out of 100
  • Sharkies · about 25 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads

    19 out of 100
  • Tallebudgera Creekmouth · about 25 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads

    19 out of 100
  • Tally · about 25 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads

    19 out of 100
  • The Reef · about 25 min by car · stays in Palm Beach

    19 out of 100
  • The Wall · about 25 min by car · stays in Palm Beach

    19 out of 100
  • Tweed Bar · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    19 out of 100
  • Womin Bay · about 55 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    19 out of 100
  • Coolangatta · about 45 min by car · stays in Coolangatta

    18 out of 100
  • Elephant Rock · about 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    18 out of 100
  • Fingal Head · about 50 min by car · stays in Fingal Head

    18 out of 100
  • Forks · about 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    18 out of 100
  • Laceys · about 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    18 out of 100
  • Nothings · about 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    18 out of 100
  • Superbanks · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    18 out of 100
  • Tugun · about 35 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads

    18 out of 100
  • Currumbin Alley · about 35 min by car · stays in Currumbin

    17 out of 100
  • Burleigh Heads · about 25 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Kirra · about 45 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for intermediates

    –, no score

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

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 50 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 66 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).