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Beaches · Main Beach
A designated off-leash dog beach at the northern end of the Gold Coast, next to Doug Jennings Park at The Spit. Dogs can swim, exercise and socialise in a wide stretch of sand between the Seaway kiosk and the sand-pumping jetty. The adjoining parkland offers picnic shelters, showers and water bowls.
One of only six designated off-leash beaches on the Gold Coast, with calm bay-side water for swimming and open sand for running.
Dogs must be on leash entering and leaving the area and are prohibited within 200 m of flagged swimming areas; hours are not published, so access is signposted on site per council's Local Law No. 12.
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