The 10 Best Outdoor Activities in Coolangatta, Queensland

Walkin' On Water Surf School is the Gold Coast’s Premier Surf School. We are located at Greenmount Beach in Coolangatta and use the beautiful beaches of Rainbow Bay, Greenmount and Coolangatta, which are ideal beaches for all levels of surf lesson. We offer group and private lessons for all ages and abilities having taught people from 4 years old to those in their 80’s. We are blessed with an amazing location for beginners and early intermediates especially having protected rolling waves, perfect for getting the basics and learning in gentle forgiving waves. It is renowned as the ideal learn to surf location on the Coast. For those with greater experience and skills also have fantastic wave opportunities to work on all levels of skills.Combined with our comprehensive lesson plans, all our Surf Instructors are professional fully qualified Surfing Australia surf instructors that are handpicked for their skills, knowledge and experience and importantly are able to successfully pass on this knowledge and information to our surf participants in a extremely fun, friendly and non threatening environment. All our Instructors also hold a number of lifesaving/lifeguard and first aid qualifications to ensure as safe an environment as possible. Walkin' On Water Surf School is the areas ONLY fully licensed and registered Surf School by the state, national and international Governing Bodies of Surfing – Surfing Queensland, Surfing Australia and the International Surfing Association.

Mount Warning Tours offers an amazing assortment of river tours & cruises, outdoor adventures and sightseeing & foodie tours in Australia’s Green Coast. Operating from the beautiful Southern Gold Coast we specialise in providing cruises on the Tweed River, day tours and overnight tours around the iconic Mount Warning, the World Heritage listed Border Ranges and the picturesque Tweed Valley.

Nancy Emerson, a former international surfing professional champion with 40+ years coaching and teaching experience, which all started on the island of Maui. Nancy created Hawaii's 1st surf school Nancy Emerson School of Surfing with surf lessons, surf clinics which covers the total surfing experience. Nancy and her surf guides will show you all the in and outs around the Gold Coast and Upper New South Wales the best waves. Your surfing will be coached on how to develop your surfing to make sure you have the basics of form and technique, as well as water safety, ocean awareness, how to read the wave conditions and surf etiquette. Nancy giving positive reinforcements, level of dedication, passionate, patient and sensitive style of coaching. The surf lessons will help you to transform and progress your surfing ability to new heights of confidence and precision. Nancy has two hour classes for the beginner, coaching for young grommets & elite surfers.

YOJO TOURS is an eco-friendly fun adventure tour company that aims to provide an affordable fun orientated Australian style experience for foreign tourists by exploring alternative geographical attractions throughout the Gold Coast, as well as to teach and incorporate green and sustainable practices into their future travels and ways of life.

Go Ride A Wave provides 2 hour surf lessons for beginners every day at 10am at Kirra Beach (near Coolangatta). Included in the price is a long sleeved rash shirt in summer and a full length wetsuit in winter with a soft beginner surf board and 2 hours of instruction and fun.

Seair Pacific is a Gold Coast owned and operated, Australia wide Air Charter service. Seair has been servicing Queensland for over 25 years with approximately 3,000 flights per annum. Seair provides the charter flights to/from Lady Elliot Island on the Southern Great Barrier Reef. Seair Touring launched in 2018 as one of the best ways to visit Outback Australia on a short timeframe. Our popular '3 Day Scenic Outback Adventure Tour' flies guests to Birdsville, Lake Eyre, Innamincka and Charlotte Plains Station over three days, travelling in a Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft. In 2020, we added an exciting new '3 Day Scenic Queensland Experience' flying guests to the Carnarvon Ranges to discover secluded gorges and amazing rock formations, Longreach to visit the Qantas Founders Museum and Rockhampton to experience the stunning Capricorn Caves. *HOT OFF THE PRESS* - We have launched a 2020 '3 Day Outback 2 Reef Adventure'. Please visit our website for more information and departure dates.

We have a great range of bikes available to hire. We have pushbikes, retro's, DC-Trikes and Petrol Scooters (drivers and bike license required).