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Rainbow Beach Queensland Australia
Rainbow Beach. Photo: Jordan Condon, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Rainbow Beach

Surf town · Australia

Score a trip to Rainbow Beach

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Beds: 27 places

27 places to stay within 2 km, 1 of them campsites.

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 27 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 5 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • Red Canyon · about 40 min by car

    22 out of 100
  • Teewah · about 20 min by car

    21 out of 100
  • Rainbow Beach · about 5 min by car

    18 out of 100
  • Double Island Point · about 20 min by car · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Inskip Point · about 20 min by car · stays in Inskip · Not for intermediates

    –, no score

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 Rainbow Beach; a spot more than 20 km away stays here because Rainbow Beach is the nearest town with beds.

Places to eat

3 near Rainbow Beach

Places to eat near Rainbow Beach

  • Rainbow Beach PizzaPizza · 0.4 km from the centre
  • Ocean Breeze SeafoodsSeafood · 0.5 km from the centre
  • Rainbow Fresher Fruit & Vegies0.2 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

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 20 km from Rainbow Beach.

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Photos of Rainbow Beach

Propeller from the wrecked ship Cherry Venture, saved and displayed at Rainbow Beach, 2016
Photo: Kerry Raymond, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Information board about the Cherry Venture, Rainbow Beach 2016
Photo: Kerry Raymond, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beautiful Rainbow beach, QLD - panoramio
Photo: Sue Allen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Rainbow Beach

where it is, what is near

Rainbow Beach is a town in Queensland, Australia.

From Rainbow Beach you can reach 5 surf spots, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away.

The nearest is Rainbow Beach, a surf spot 0.2 km from the centre.

Overture lists 27 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Hervey Bay Airport (HVB), 68 km away.

In Queensland · Australia

  • 27 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Hervey Bay Airport (HVB), 68 km, Sunshine Coast Airport (MCY), 77 km, Brisbane International Airport (BNE), 165 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).