Rainbow Bay

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title: "Rainbow Bay" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["coolangatta", "surfing-locations-in-queensland", "beaches-of-queensland"] description: "Australian beach and bay area" topic_path: "general/coolangatta" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bay" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Australian beach and bay area ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Beach_on_the_Gold_Coast.jpg" caption="Gold Coast]] city skyline in the distance."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Rainbow_Bay_seen_from_Greenmount_Hill,_Coolangatta,_Queensland_02.jpg" caption="View from Greenmount Hill across Rainbow Bay to Snapper Rocks, 2018"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Rainbow_Bay,_circa_1950.jpg" caption="Australian beach and bay area}}"] ::

Rainbow Bay is a bay, beach and locality at the southern end of Coolangatta within the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Rainbow_Bay_Gold_Coast_ca_1891.jpg" caption="View from Greenmount Hill across Rainbow Bay to Snapper Rocks, circa 1891"] ::

The bay was originally but unofficially known as Shark/Sharks Bay. In 1925, the Point Danger Progress Association requested the Coolangatta Town Council to change the name to Rainbow Bay, which the council approved at its meeting on 31 May 1925. It is believed that this was the name originally given to the bay by Captain Henry John Rous, who surveyed the Point Danger area in 1828 in , a sixth-rate frigate. In August 1925, the council erected directional signs to Rainbow Bay. Rainbow Bay is one of the most popular beaches on the Gold Coast. The beach attracts surfers going to nearby Snapper Rocks and Greenmount Beach because of the spectacular waves, as the beach is included as part of the Superbank. The beach is also popular with families who flock to the sheltered beach because of the safety and lack of rips.

Amenities

Rainbow Bay is home to Rainbow Bay Surf Lifesaving Club near Snapper Rocks.

References

References

1. {{cite QPN. 27920. Rainbow Bay
2. {{cite QPN. 47767. Rainbow Bay Beach
3. {{cite QPN. 27921. Rainbow Bay
4. (23 May 1925). "COUNTRY NEW[?].". National Library of Australia.
5. (2 June 1925). "COUNCIL MEETINGS.". National Library of Australia.
6. (13 August 1925). "COOLANGATTA AND TWEED HEADS.". National Library of Australia.

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