Mermaid Beach is a coastal suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.

[3] The suburb is bounded to the west by the artificial canals of adjacent Mermaid Waters and to the east by the Pacific Ocean.

[4] The Gold Coast Oceanway (a pedestrian path) travels along Hedges Avenue.

Explorer John Oxley sailed aboard the Mermaid in 1823 when he discovered the nearby Tweed and Brisbane rivers.

[8] St James' Anglican Church was dedicated on 11 November 1977 by Assistant Bishop Ralph Wicks.