Boat ramps near Tweed Heads
We list 34 boat ramps within 25 km of Tweed Heads, NSW. Recorded facilities: 10 with toilets, 16 with car or trailer parking.
From the centre of Tweed Heads the count builds with distance: 5 ramps lie within 5 km and 34 within 25 km. The nearest is an unnamed ramp at Tweed Heads, 0.6 km away.
Kennedy Drive Boat Ramp (Ray Pascoe Park) (Tweed Heads), Dry Dock Road Boat Ramp (Tweed Heads South), Fingal Boat Harbour Boat Ramp (Fingal Head) and Lakes Drive, Terranora Inlet (Tweed Heads West) are the next named ones outward. Chinderah Boat Ramp (Oxley Park), Winders Park Boat Ramp (Currumbin) and Thrower Drive Boat Ramp (Palm Beach) sit further out. Chinderah and Murwillumbah have their own town pages as well.
The radius reaches into Queensland, so Gold Coast ramps (21) outnumber Tweed ones (13). Burleigh Heads and Robina are at the top of the locality counts. Toilets are recorded at 10 ramps, with car parking at 16.
Highlights
Most launching lanes
- Kennedy Drive Boat Ramp (Ray Pascoe Park) 2 lanes
- Dry Dock Road Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Fingal Boat Harbour Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Thrower Drive Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Cudgen Creek Boat Ramp 2 lanes
Most facilities recorded
- Thrower Drive Boat Ramp 9 facilities
- Kennedy Drive Boat Ramp (Ray Pascoe Park) 8 facilities
- Chinderah Boat Ramp (Oxley Park) 8 facilities
- Fingal Boat Harbour Boat Ramp 7 facilities
- Palm Beach, Murlong Crescent 7 facilities
Facilities recorded at the ramp or mapped within 150 m.
Largest car parks
- Thrower Drive Boat Ramp 45 spaces
- Palm Beach, Murlong Crescent 12 spaces
- T E Peters Drive Boatramp 11 spaces
- Isle of Capri Public Boat Ramp 6 spaces
Parking spaces recorded by Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads.
Pontoon at the ramp
- Dry Dock Road Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Riverside Drive Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Lakes Drive, Terranora Inlet 1 lane
- Clarrie Purnell Park - Condong 1 lane
- Commercial Road (Murwillumbah) Boat Ramp 1 lane
Sorted by launching lanes, then distance.
Usable at all tides
- Kennedy Drive Boat Ramp (Ray Pascoe Park) 2 lanes
- Dry Dock Road Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Fingal Boat Harbour Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Cudgen Creek Boat Ramp 2 lanes
- Riverside Drive Boat Ramp 2 lanes
Water access at all times (Transport for NSW) or not tide limited (Queensland TMR). Sorted by launching lanes, then distance.
All listed ramps
| Boat ramp, Tweed Heads | 0.6 km | Map | ||||||
| Kennedy Drive Boat Ramp (Ray Pascoe Park) | 1.6 km | 2 | Yes | Yes | All tides | Free | Map | |
| Dry Dock Road Boat Ramp | 2.4 km | 2 | Yes | Yes | All tides | Free | Map | |
| Fingal Boat Harbour Boat Ramp | 2.7 km | 2 | Yes | Yes | All tides | Free | Map | |
| Lakes Drive, Terranora Inlet | 3.8 km | 1 | Yes | Yes | All tides | Free | Map | |
| Chinderah Boat Ramp (Oxley Park) | 5.8 km | 1 | Yes | Yes | Free | Map | ||
| Winders Park Boat Ramp | 8.5 km | 1 | No | Yes | All tides | Map | ||
| Thrower Drive Boat Ramp | 8.6 km | 2 | Yes | 45 spaces | Tide limited | Map | ||
| Palm Beach - Currumbin High School | 8.8 km | Map | ||||||
| Cudgen Creek Boat Ramp | 9.2 km | 2 | No | All tides | Free | Map | ||
| Boat ramp, Elanora | 10 km | Map | ||||||
| Bruce Chick Park Kayak and Canoe Launch, Stotts Channel | 11 km | Map | ||||||
| Palm Beach, Murlong Crescent | 12 km | 1 | Yes | 12 spaces | Tide limited | Map | ||
| Boat ramp, Burleigh Heads (2) | 13 km | Yes | Yes | Map | ||||
| Boat ramp, Burleigh Heads (1) | 13 km | Yes | Map | |||||
| Burleigh Heads, Awoonga Avenue | 13 km | 1 | No | Tide limited | Map | |||
| Riverside Drive Boat Ramp | 13 km | 2 | No | Yes | Yes | All tides | Free | Map |
| Boat ramp, Varsity Lakes (1) | 17 km | Yes | Map | |||||
| Boat ramp, Varsity Lakes (2) | 17 km | Yes | Yes | Map | ||||
| Clarrie Purnell Park - Condong | 18 km | 1 | No | Yes | All tides | Free | Map | |
| Condong Boat Ramp (Mcleod Street) | 18 km | 1 | No | All tides | Free | Map | ||
| Boat ramp, Robina (3) | 18 km | Map | ||||||
| Boat ramp, Mermaid Waters (2) | 19 km | Yes | Map | |||||
| Boat ramp, Mermaid Waters (1) | 19 km | Yes | Map | |||||
| Boat ramp, Robina (1) | 20 km | Map | ||||||
| Boat ramp, Robina (2) | 20 km | Map | ||||||
| T E Peters Drive Boatramp | 21 km | 2 | No | 11 spaces | All tides | Map | ||
| Isle of Capri Public Boat Ramp | 23 km | 1 | No | 6 spaces | All tides | Map | ||
| Commercial Road (Murwillumbah) Boat Ramp | 23 km | 1 | No | Yes | All tides | Free | Map | |
| Phillip Street Boat Ramp | 23 km | 1 | No | Free | Map | |||
| Boat ramp, Gold Coast | 24 km | Map | ||||||
| Carrara Boat Ramp | 24 km | 1 | No | Yes | All tides | Map | ||
| Boat ramp, Benowa | 24 km | Map | ||||||
| Surfers Paradise, Birt Avenue | 24 km | 1 | Yes | All tides | Map |
Blank cells: not recorded in the source data. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Tweed Heads, up to 25 km. Parking spaces are counted by Transport for NSW, the WA Department of Transport or Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads; "Yes" means parking is recorded without a count. Tides: water access at all times or tide limited, as recorded by Transport for NSW or Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads. Map links open OpenStreetMap at the ramp. Click a column heading to sort.
Ramps near Tweed Heads by local government area
| Gold Coast | 21 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Tweed | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
Click a column heading to sort. Counts are ramps with the item recorded in the source data: a 0 means nothing is recorded for that row, not that the item is missing on the ground.
Boat ramps near other towns
- Chinderah (5.8 km away)
- Murwillumbah (22 km away)
- Gold Coast (24 km away)
- Canungra (42 km away)
Questions and answers
How many boat ramps are there near Tweed Heads?
Boat Ramp Spots lists 34 boat ramps within 25 km of Tweed Heads: 10 with toilets recorded and 16 with parking recorded.
What is the nearest boat ramp to Tweed Heads?
Boat ramp, Tweed Heads, about 0.6 km in a straight line from the centre of Tweed Heads.
Which boat ramp near Tweed Heads has the most launching lanes?
7 ramps share the most launching lanes recorded (2): Cudgen Creek Boat Ramp, Dry Dock Road Boat Ramp and Fingal Boat Harbour Boat Ramp, among others.
Which boat ramps near Tweed Heads have a pontoon?
A pontoon at the ramp is recorded at 5 ramps, including Dry Dock Road Boat Ramp; Riverside Drive Boat Ramp; Lakes Drive, Terranora Inlet.
Can I launch at any tide near Tweed Heads?
Yes, at 14 ramps within 25 km of Tweed Heads: state records list them as usable at all tides (including Kennedy Drive Boat Ramp (Ray Pascoe Park), Fingal Boat Harbour Boat Ramp and Dry Dock Road Boat Ramp). 3 ramps are recorded as tide limited. For the other 17 ramps the tide range is not recorded. Source: water access recorded by Transport for NSW and tide limits recorded by Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads; check tides before you go.
Do I have to pay to launch a boat near Tweed Heads?
No launch fee is recorded at any listed ramp within 25 km of Tweed Heads. Free launching is recorded at 11 ramps. For the other 23 ramps no fee information is recorded. Fee information comes from Transport for NSW; check with the ramp manager.
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