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Downed tree on Suter Street, Southport, Queensland, due to Cyclone Alfred
Southport. Photo: Ridiculopathy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Southport

Surf and mountain biking town · Australia

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Beds: 42 places

42 places to stay within 2 km, 2 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 42 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 67 places in 2 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

    26

  • 25th Av. palm Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Palm Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Blackrocks · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Pottsville · Not for beginners

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  • Broadbeach · about 15 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 25 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads · Not for beginners

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All 66 surf spots

  • Cabarita · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Bogangar · Not for beginners

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  • Casuarina Beach · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Casuarina · Not for beginners

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  • Cooks Island · about 55 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Cudgen Bombie · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Cabarita Beach · Not for beginners

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

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  • Dreamtime · about 1h by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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

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

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  • Fingal Head · about 55 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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  • Hastings Point · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Hastings Point · Not for beginners

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

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  • Kingscliff · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Kingscliff · Not for beginners

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  • Kingscliff - inner bombie · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Kingscliff · Not for beginners

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  • Kingscliff Main beach · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Kingscliff · 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 50 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 · stays in Main Beach · 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 25 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 55 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 25 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 40 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Outsides · about 50 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 50 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 25 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Sharkies · about 30 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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  • south beach · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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  • Southport Seaway · about 10 min by car · 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 50 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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

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  • Surfers Paradise 2 · about 10 min by car · stays in Surfers Paradise · Not for beginners

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  • Tallebudgera Creekmouth · about 30 min by car · stays in Burleigh Heads · Not for beginners

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

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

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  • Tower 35 · about 10 min by car · stays in Gold Coast · Not for beginners

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  • Tugun · about 40 min by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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

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  • Womin Bay · about 1h by car · stays in Tweed Heads · Not for beginners

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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 Southport.

Places to eat

6 near Southport

Places to eat near Southport

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

Southport 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 50 km from Southport.

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Photos of Southport

Gold Coast Light Rail - Southport Station
Photo: Advanstra, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southport canal estate, Gold Coast 1979 QUT-423
Photo: Iraphne R. Childs, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nerang Street, Southport, 1969 - Flickr - Queensland State Archives
Photo: Queensland State Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

About Southport

where it is, what is near

Southport is a town in Queensland, Australia.

From Southport you can reach 66 surf spots and 1 mountain bike area.

The nearest is Main beach, a surf spot 2.5 km from the centre.

Overture lists 42 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Gold Coast Airport (OOL), 24 km away.

In Queensland · Australia

  • 42 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Gold Coast Airport (OOL), 24 km, Brisbane International Airport (BNE), 71 km, Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), 97 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).