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Best Dog Beaches on the Gold Coast

Updated: Feb 21, 2025

Five Gold Coast off-leash dog beaches plus one in Tweed Heads where your 4-legged bestie let their fur down and feel the sand between their paws, including a whole off-leash island: 

Palm Beach Dog Beach
Dog running up dunes on Palm Beach Dog Beach Gold Coast
This sizable sandy patch of dog paradise starts at the edge of Palm Beach Parklands
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Dreamtime Dog Off Leash Beach
A glorious off leash beach between Fingal Head and Kingscliff, one of the best places in northern NSW for doggos to let their fur down
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Palm Beach Parklands
Palm Beach Parklands
Attached to South Palm Beach dog beach, this fab stretch of offleash sand runs along Currumbin Creek, with the entrance off Palm Beach Parklands
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Tallebudgera Dog Off Leash Beach
Dog running on beach next to headland on Tallebudgera Dog Beach Palm Beach North
This doggy beach is one of the Gold Coast's best kept secrets
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The Spit Dog Off Leash Beach
Dogs are spoilt for choice on this splendid canine-friendly tip of a peninsula of the Gold Coast.
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Tallebudgera Off Leash Agility Dog Island
Tallebudgera Off Leash Agility Dog Island
This unique doggie paradise is an island where dogs can run free, swim and play
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