Gold Coast Seaway
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The Gold Coast Seaway or Southport Seaway is the main navigation entrance from the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

 into the Gold Coast Broadwater
Gold Coast Broadwater
The Gold Coast Broadwater, also known as Southport Broadwater and Gold Coast Harbour, is a large shallow estuary of water reaching from the locality of Southport to the southern section of the World Heritage Listed Moreton Bay along the eastern coast of Australia...

 and southern Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay is a bay on the eastern coast of Australia 45 km from Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources...

 and is one of Australia’s most significant coastal engineering projects. It is located at the northern end of the Southport Spit
Southport Spit, Queensland
The Southport Spit lies opposite Southport to the north of Main Beach, Gold Coast. It is a permanent sand spit that separates the Southport Broadwater from the Pacific Ocean....

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Sand bypass

Gold Coast Seaway enjoys the world's first permanent sand bypassing system, which currently delivers all sand that arrives at the Gold Coast Seaway across the entrance and into the World Heritage listed Moreton Bay Marine Park
Moreton Bay Marine Park
The Moreton Bay Marine Park was established in 1992 to protect ecologically significant habitats in Moreton Bay. The World Heritage listed park extends from Caloundra south to the Gold Coast Seaway. The park's border extends up to the highest tidal mark and covers a total of 3400 km2.The park...

. The Gold Coast Shoreline Management Plan
Gold Coast Shoreline Management Plan
The Gold Coast Shoreline Management Plan is an ICZM plan to manage the coastal resources of Gold Coast City. The EPA encourages the City Council's to produce shoreline management plans for coastlines and tidal waterways within the local authority area....

 is reviewing this practice and examining the concept of Island Welding to determine if 85% of the sand (80,000 cubic meters per year) can be sustainably recycled to Surfers Paradise.

Construction

The Southport Bar was a very dangerous entrance until 1986 when the Gold Coast Seaway was constructed. There are now two rock walls to stabilise the position of the entrance.

The southern training wall of the Gold Coast Seaway is the northern end of the Gold Coast Oceanway
Gold Coast Oceanway
The Gold Coast Oceanway is a foreshoreway along beaches in Gold Coast, Queensland. The Gold Coast Oceanway is a shared use pedestrian and cyclist pathway on the Gold Coast, connecting the Point Danger lighthouse on the New South Wales and Queensland border to the Gold Coast Seaway...

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Tunnel

Promising a result of "no dingoes," Mayor Ron Clarke has proposed building a tunnel under the Seaway, which would link to South Stradbroke Island
South Stradbroke Island
South Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, south of Brisbane and forms the northern end of Gold Coast. The 21 km by 2.5 km sized island is the smaller one of the two Stradbroke Islands and lies very close to the mainland. The island has hundreds of wild...

. His controversial proposal is based upon an end result of making Stradbroke into Australia's premiere eco-tourist destination

Diving

Gold Coast Seaway is a popular diving and fishing location and also many surfers and body boarders regularly paddle across the seaway on their boards from the mainland to South Stradbroke Island
South Stradbroke Island
South Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, south of Brisbane and forms the northern end of Gold Coast. The 21 km by 2.5 km sized island is the smaller one of the two Stradbroke Islands and lies very close to the mainland. The island has hundreds of wild...

. Popular surfing sites include the Sand pumping Jetty on the mainland and the sand pumping outlets on South Stradbroke Island known as TOS (The other side).

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