Main Beach

Main Beach, a suburb of the Gold Coast, is located on the eastern side of the Nerang River estuary (the Broadwater), its name a reference to its role as the principal surf beach in the vicinity of the area's first major town settlement, Southport. Main Beach extends northwards along The Spit, a relatively recent sand formation formed following the creation of a sea entrance at the Jumpinpin Bar in 1890, and which since the 1970s has become the location of the Sea World theme park and two luxury resort hotels.