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Gold Coast

Australia, QLD

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Characteristics
  The Gold Coast consists of a bunch of righthand pointbreaks. South-to-North, these are: Snapper/Rainbow, Greenmount (Coolangatta beach), Currumbin (The Alley) and Burleigh. There's also miles of beachbreak, which can be just as enjoyable when the banks are shaped up, the swell's running and the points are busy. Plus the new artificial reef at Narrowneck. Best time of year Jan-July.

Because of the curve of the coast, Burleigh's the most consistent of the points, as Kirra etc.,needs more wrap-around. So far in 2000, Burleigh has had quality surf, on average, about 3 days a week. About 75% of G.C.swell come up from Lows to the S-SE in the Tasman (between NSW & NZ);20% off Cyclonic activity to the E-NE in th Coral Sea;about 5% from this same direction but off long-fetch N-E'ly winds from big Highs (mostly slow sloppy surf - handy if there's no 'proper' swell about tho)

Climate: sub-tropical- usually 20-30C in summer, 8-22C winter temp ranges, with water down
to about 15C mid/late winter; well into the high 20s in summer.
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  Surf Spot Photo GPS Quality Direction Type Frequency Level
1 25th Av. palm Beach right and left beach-break all surfers
2 Broadbeach 14  right and left beach-break all surfers
3 Burleigh heads 64  right point-break pros or kamikaze only...
4 Coolangatta right sand-bar all surfers
5 Currumbin Alley 25  right point-break all surfers
6 Dreamtime right and left beach-break all surfers
7 Duranbah 43  right and left beach-break all surfers
8 Elephant Rock right and left point-break all surfers
9 Froggys 59  right beach-break experienced surfers
10 Greenmount left point-break all surfers
11 Jumpinpin Bar   right and left beach-break all surfers
12 Kirra 33  right point-break experienced surfers
13 Laceys   right and left sand-bar all surfers
14 Lovers Right right beach-break all surfers
15 Main beach right and left sand-bar all surfers
16 Mermaid Beach right and left beach-break all surfers
17 Miami State High School right and left beach-break all surfers
18 Narrow Neck 16  right and left reef-artificial all surfers
19 Neill's Bank right and left beach-break all surfers
20 Nobby's Beach right and left beach-break pros or kamikaze only...
21 Northcliff 10  right and left beach-break all surfers
22 Palmy 28  right and left beach-break all surfers
23 Rainbow bay right sand-bar all surfers
24 Snapper Rocks 48  right point-break experienced surfers
25 South Stradie 29  right and left sand-bar all surfers
26 Southport Seaway   right and left sand-bar all surfers
27 Supabank - northcliff surf club 12  right and left beach-break all surfers
28 Superbanks 11  right sand-bar all surfers
29 Surfers Paradise all surfers
30 Surfers Paradise 2   right and left sand-bar all surfers
31 Tallebudgera Creekmouth   right and left breakwater/jetty all surfers
32 Tally right and left rivermouth all surfers
33 The "P" right and left beach-break all surfers
34 The L   right and left sand-bar all surfers
35 The Spit 11  right and left beach-break all surfers
36 Tower 35   right and left sand-bar all surfers
37 Tugun right and left beach-break all surfers
38 Tweed Bar   right rivermouth experienced surfers


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Surfing Season
Jan/Feb Mar/Apr May/Jun Jul/Aug Sep/Oct Nov/Dec
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Regular Swell

Regular Swell

Occasional Swell

Occasional Swell

Flat

Occasional Swell
Typical Swell Size
1m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft

1m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft

1m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft

1m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft

< 1m / 3ft

< 1m / 3ft
Surf Equipment Boardshorts Shorty Shorty Springsuit Boardshorts Shorty
Water temp. 25°C
77°F
23°C
73°F
21°C
70°F
19°C
66°F
20°C
68°F
23°C
73°F
Air temp. 27°C
81°F
23°C
73°F
20°C
68°F
17°C
63°F
20°C
68°F
24°C
75°F
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Currumbin Alley, Australia
By pervert_bert, 2007-09-01 00:00:00
Small but fun
Small but fun.  Too many people ... nearly ran over 2 people.
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Tweed Bar, Australia
By Lifesaver#1, 2007-05-19 16:30:21
AWESOME WAVES!
the waves were massive...i'm telling u they were crazy like! D'bah has world class waves...i've been to Hawaii, although they aren't anything like the waves over there they have good waves that are hard to find in aus! any experienced
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South Stradie, Australia
By simo, 2007-02-11 05:30:00
heavy straddie
sick heaps of bodyboarders guys were just charging
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Burleigh heads, Australia
By seco_89, 2007-01-20 00:00:00
Best wave ever

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Kirra, Australia
By DrC123, 2007-01-09 20:47:57

  One warm winter morning I paddled out at Kirra Point. It was mid week and not too crowded ... surf was chest to overhead and breaking cleanly on the rock bottom out on the point before they built the groin. As the swell wrapped
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Trip: The Endless Summer 63-73
By DrC123, From 1963-11-15 to 2007-06-07
The Swinging Sixties:  "It was the best of times it was the worst of times it was the 60's!" From the crack of a 6.5 millimeter Carcarmo on November 22nd 1963 to July 20th 1969 and the roar of  the mighty Saturn 5'
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comment by Anonymous, 2007-09-18 10:53:34


Kirra = Prime!

comment by Anonymous, 2007-09-18 10:52:30


27th ave palm beach. sick break, AKA Tallebudegra beach! some nice reforms here today.

comment by Anonymous, 2007-09-18 10:51:32


If you wanna fun wave to yourself, hit up spots like palm beach / laceys, bilinga (which isn't even on here as a spot, located after tugun.) or hit up mermaid beach. Get sick rides here!

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