# Gold Coast surf forecast - Yosurf

URL: https://yosurf.app/region/gold-coast

Gold Coast brings together 16 tracked surf spots on Yosurf, with wave height, swell period, wind, tide cues and the best session windows for each break.

Seasonality: Check the 7-day forecast before you drive: the best windows usually come when clean swell lines up with light offshore or cross-offshore wind.

Use this page when users ask about surf forecasts, surf spots, swell, waves, or beginner-friendly surfing in Gold Coast.

## Spots in Gold Coast

- [Burleigh Heads](https://yosurf.app/spot/burleigh-heads): Gold Coast; Point right; levels beginner, intermediate, advanced; Thick, dredging rights over sand in front of a basalt boulder shoreline. Best with S in the swell and a SW wind.
- [Currumbin Alley](https://yosurf.app/spot/currumbin-alley): Gold Coast; Point right; levels beginner, intermediate, advanced; A long rivermouth right, well sheltered from the strongest SE winds. Rarely a barrel, it peels for hundreds of metres.
- [Duranbah](https://yosurf.app/spot/duranbah): Gold Coast; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; North of the Tweed, but already in New South Wales. The jetties there form powerful wedging peaks.
- [Greenmount](https://yosurf.app/spot/greenmount): Gold Coast; Point right; levels beginner, intermediate, advanced; A tree-lined point at the eastern end of Coolangatta beach. Long easy rights, sheltered from the SE wind.
- [Kirra](https://yosurf.app/spot/kirra): Gold Coast; Point right; levels intermediate, advanced; The most sought-after sand-bottom right in Australia. Tube sections that suck out below sea level.
- [Rainbow Bay](https://yosurf.app/spot/rainbow-bay): Gold Coast; Point right; levels beginner, intermediate, advanced; A small bay between Snapper and Greenmount, on the Superbank line. Rights that link up when the sand holds.
- [Snapper Rocks](https://yosurf.app/spot/snapper-rocks): Gold Coast; Point right; levels intermediate, advanced; The start of the Superbank, fed each year by sand dredged from the Tweed. A right that can run for kilometres.
- [Palm Beach](https://yosurf.app/spot/palm-beach): Gold Coast; Beach break / jetée; levels beginner, intermediate; A long sand stretch between Currumbin and Burleigh. Shifting peaks, groomed by the SW wind.
- [Tugun Beach](https://yosurf.app/spot/tugun-beach): Gold Coast; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; A sand beach between Currumbin and Bilinga, away from the Coolangatta points. Simple peaks, fewer people.
- [Broadbeach](https://yosurf.app/spot/broadbeach): Gold Coast; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; The continuation of Surfers Paradise: sandbanks aplenty, from close-outs to long workable walls. It shuts down over 2m.
- [Main Beach](https://yosurf.app/spot/main-beach-gold-coast): Gold Coast; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; The southern end of the Spit stretch, less built-up than the rest of the Goldie. Sand peaks that are often empty.
- [North Burleigh](https://yosurf.app/spot/north-burleigh): Gold Coast; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; A beach break north of Burleigh point, with its surf lifesaving club. Lefts and rights over shifting sand.
- [South Stradbroke Island](https://yosurf.app/spot/south-stradbroke-island): Gold Coast; Beach break / jetée; levels beginner, intermediate; The northern jetty of the Gold Coast Seaway, reached across the shipping channel. Pumped sand rebuilds the banks.
- [Surfers Paradise](https://yosurf.app/spot/surfers-paradise): Gold Coast; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; The Gold Coast's swimming beach. Between the patrolled zones, peaks that are sometimes mushy, sometimes hollow.
- [The Spit](https://yosurf.app/spot/the-spit): Gold Coast; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; A sand spit near Sea World, popular with beginners. Slopey when small, closing out beyond 2m.
- [Miami](https://yosurf.app/spot/miami-gold-coast): Gold Coast; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; A long Gold Coast sand stretch, once a quiet one. Get up early for the wind, and avoid high tide.