Surf World | Brown Signs

Surf World is a museum with Australia’s largest collection of surfboards and displays of memorabilia showing the culture of Gold Coast beach and surfing heritage in Australia.

Surf Word is opposite the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and next door to Superbee Honeyworld. Parking is found in the same carpark but you can park before going through the boom gate/booth for free parking when attending Surf World.

It is easy to spot as you enter as it is also a Big Things member with a Big Surfboard out the front of the entrance. The Big Surfboard stands prominently high next to the 2-story museum building.

Opening in 2009, the idea started much earlier in the 1990s, originating with local Gold Coast surfers, photographers, board makers and collectors. The collections and photographs owned by Darryl Barnet, Mal Sutherland, Carl Tanner, and Darryl Miller started the displays at the museum.

The collection is over 100 surfboards, the earliest dating from 1915 and continue through the decades to today’s modern surf boards.

The Big Surfboard outside Surf World Museum in Currumbin Gold Coast

Directions

From Gold Coast Visitor Information Centre, head out to the Gold Coast Hwy and head south. Follow Gold Coast Hwy for around 16.5km, reaching the bridge over the Currumbin Creek. Continue on the Gold Coast Hwy for 750m and turn left into Tomewin St after the brown sign for Surf World. The parking area for Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is another 150m on the left, next to Surf World's Big Surfboard.

If coming south along the Pacific Motorway, take Exit 95 towards Currumbin and turn left. Follow Tugun Currumbin Rd for 1.2km and turn left onto the Gold Coast Hwy. Follow Gold Coast Hwy for 900m and turn right into Tomewin St at the brown sign for Surf World. The parking area for Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is another 150m on the left, next to Surf World's Big Surfboard.

If coming north along the Pacific Motorway, take Exit 95 towards Currumbin and turn right onto Stewart Rd, which becomes Tugun Currumbin Rd. Follow Tugun Currumbin Rd for 1.3km and turn left onto the Gold Coast Hwy. Follow Gold Coast Hwy for 900m and turn right into Tomewin St at the brown sign for Surf World. The parking area for Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is another 150m on the left, next to Surf World's Big Surfboard.

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