Explore Clear Island Waters, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Clear Island Waters, QLD map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Clear Island Waters, Queensland, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Queensland or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Clear Island Waters and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Clear Island Waters.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Clear Island Waters |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Gold Coast City |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Major Cities of Australia |
| Latitude | -28.04358 |
| Longitude | 153.39759 |
| Population | 4,085 |
| Density | 939.1 /km² |
| Area | 4.3 km² |
| Elevation | 3 m |
| Postcode | 4226 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 74 km south-southeast |
Clear Island Waters is a locality in the Gold Coast City local government area of Queensland, Australia. It has a population of approximately 4,085. The locality covers an area of 4.3 km², giving a population density of about 939.1 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 3 m above sea level. It lies approximately 74 km south-southeast of Brisbane. Clear Island Waters is located at 28.0436°S, 153.3976°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4226.
Clear Island Waters unfurls along the southern reaches of the Gold Coast, a landscape where the humid embrace of sub-tropical Queensland meets the whispering edges of the Pacific. It lies 3.1 km north of Robina, QLD (from Robina, QLD: bearing 11°T), and is situated 7.6 km south of Southport. Here, the terrain is a gentle descent, a gradual yielding of land to water, marked by the languid curves of its namesake waterways. Mangrove-fringed channels, the colour of diluted tea, snake inland, their roots a complex lacework holding the soft mud firm against the insistent push of the tides. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, salty tang, a constant reminder of the ocean’s proximity, and the light, as it begins to soften, paints the water’s surface in hues of burnished copper and rose. Beyond the immediate waterways, the land breathes with a verdant, almost palpable, life, a tapestry of native grasses and hardy shrubs clinging to the sandy soil.
The story of Clear Island Waters is one of subtle transformation, a quiet evolution from its earliest days. While not a place of dramatic industrial booms, its economy has long been tied to the bounty of its surrounding environment, with fishing and a modest aquaculture contributing to its character. Historically, the fertile soil and reliable rainfall also lent themselves to small-scale farming, a legacy hinted at in the occasional weathered fence line or the stubborn persistence of a fruit tree in an unexpected corner. Today, while tourism plays a significant role, drawing visitors to its tranquil water-based activities and the promise of coastal living, there's a distinct sense of continuity, a connection to the rhythms of the water and the land that has shaped Clear Island Waters for generations. The absence of towering structures lends a feeling of openness, a sense that the sky itself is a more dominant presence here, its moods reflected in the ever-shifting colours of the water.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Clear Island Waters, Queensland. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Clear Island Waters, in the Gold Coast City local government area.
Detailed location data for Clear Island Waters includes the postcode (4226), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Gold Coast City), with an ABS remoteness classification of Major Cities of Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Clear Island Waters is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |