Snapper Rocks
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"The rocky point where the Superbank's world-famous wave begins."
Snapper Rocks, Gold Coast Overview
Snapper Rocks sits at Point Danger in Coolangatta, marking the southern start of the Superbank, a continuous sand-bank wave system that runs roughly 2 kilometres north to Kirra. Built up by the Tweed River sand-pumping project since 1995, it produces one of the world's most consistent barrelling waves and draws surfers from across the globe, with over 500 people sometimes in the water on a good day. A natural rock pool and coastal walking track around the point give non-surfers a reason to visit too.
Point Danger takes its name from the HM Colonial Cutter Snapper, which passed the headland in July 1822. Snapper Rocks now anchors the Superbank, an artificial sand system built since 1995 by the Tweed River sand bypass, turning a string of separate beaches into one of the longest, hollowest waves on the planet, stretching past Rainbow Bay, Greenmount and Coolangatta towards Kirra. The wider Coolangatta surf zone has hosted World Surf League Gold Coast events. About 8 km north, Currumbin Alley offers a gentler, longboard-friendly point break at the mouth of Currumbin Creek, in its own separate beach precinct.
