20-07-2025
Locals left horrified after discovering body at iconic Gold Coast beach, day after a separate body was found at nearby swimming spot
Locals were left traumatised after discovering a dead body on an iconic Gold Coast beach.
Police attended the scene after locals found a deceased person on Sunday morning at Gold Coast's Palm Beach.
Queensland Police told the Gold Coast Bulletin they had been alerted by members of the public that a body had been located at the beach.
Authorities have not yet revealed the age and gender of the deceased person, but said the discovery was made at about 5.40am.
Police believe the death of the person did not involve suspicious circumstances.
The Gold Coast Bulletin stated that numerous witnesses reported the grim find to social media, and that the body was located near the Palm Beach Surf Lifesaving Club.
'Don't let your kids down to Palm Beach this morning – another body,' one woman wrote on Facebook.
Local man, Wayne, was one of the first witnesses to spot the body and told the Gold Coast Bulletin that he arrived at the beach at around 5.20am for a routine surfing event.
He said the body was completely clothed and partially submerged in the ocean.
'Two ladies were standing by the body which was lapping in the water,' he told the Gold Coast Bulletin.
He added that police arrived at the scene shortly after at about 5.40am.
Wayne said that 'paramedics arrived and tried to resuscitate the body' and that a total of eight police officers were in attendance.
The person could not be saved.
Detectives attached to the Criminal Investigation Branch arrived at the beach at about 8.30am.
The investigators were seen inspecting the body, which had since been moved from the shore to the back of the beach.
The body was draped in a black tarp and placed onto a trolley.
A van from a local funeral home was also seen parked a short distance away.
The body has since been transported from the scene.
Another body was discovered on Saturday at Echo Beach at Burleigh Heads, with police having since established a crime scene at the widely used swimming spot.
A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said the death at Echo Beach on Saturday was being treated as non-suspicious and that investigations were ongoing.
