Plan your boating trip with live boat ramp cameras
The Gold Coast is home to a vibrant marine scene, with a spectacular network of waterways and plenty of public facilities like boat ramps, jetties and pontoons to support recreational boating.
With more than 400km of navigable waterways and over 40,000 registered private watercraft, we’re one of Australia’s most active boating regions.
What’s new?
Based on community feedback from the Our Coastal Lifestyle Strategy, we’re trialling live boat ramp cameras on the City website at 2 popular locations:
Jacobs Well Boat Ramp
Broadwater Parklands Boat Ramp
Why are we doing this?
Help locals and visitors plan their boating trips with up-to-date information.
Understand how boat ramps are used so we can plan future upgrades.
Cameras will not be used for compliance or enforcement.
Have your say
We’d love to hear your thoughts. Your feedback will help shape the future of this service and whether camera coverage should expand to other locations.
The cameras show real-time conditions and parking availability at the boat ramps, so you can plan your trip more easily.
If you’d like to see how the trial works, you can:
You can also complete the survey without viewing the cameras, but seeing the live feed may help you give more informed feedback.
This consultation is open until 30 June 2026.
Plan your boating trip with live boat ramp cameras
The Gold Coast is home to a vibrant marine scene, with a spectacular network of waterways and plenty of public facilities like boat ramps, jetties and pontoons to support recreational boating.
With more than 400km of navigable waterways and over 40,000 registered private watercraft, we’re one of Australia’s most active boating regions.
What’s new?
Based on community feedback from the Our Coastal Lifestyle Strategy, we’re trialling live boat ramp cameras on the City website at 2 popular locations:
Jacobs Well Boat Ramp
Broadwater Parklands Boat Ramp
Why are we doing this?
Help locals and visitors plan their boating trips with up-to-date information.
Understand how boat ramps are used so we can plan future upgrades.
Cameras will not be used for compliance or enforcement.
Have your say
We’d love to hear your thoughts. Your feedback will help shape the future of this service and whether camera coverage should expand to other locations.
The cameras show real-time conditions and parking availability at the boat ramps, so you can plan your trip more easily.
If you’d like to see how the trial works, you can:
Boat ramp live camera trial is currently at this stage
This consultation is open for contributions.
Under Review
this is an upcoming stage for Boat ramp live camera trial
Contributions to this consultation are closed for evaluation and review. The project team will report back on key outcomes.
Final report
this is an upcoming stage for Boat ramp live camera trial
The final outcomes of the consultation are documented here. This may include a summary of all contributions collected as well as recommendations for future action.
