Stop into Scales for your fresh seafood
A big thank you from all of us at Scales Seafood. Stay safe over the holidays and enjoy the Gold Coast & Tweed's freshest ocean harvest. Hand-cut chips, wild river catch, and golden fried crunch served waterfront on Kennedy Drive.
Tweed River Cod & Chips Pack
Cooked fresh to order with lemon wedges
Three Fresh Ways to Enjoy Scales
Whether you are picnicking on the riverbank grass, eating from home, or picking fresh off the ice counter.
Order your Takeaway here!
Order your favourite seafood cooked just the way you like it. Super Fresh, crisp golden crunch, and extra good value. Skip the line and pick up ready in 15 minutes.
Delivered in a Flash!!
Stay safe at home and use the Scales Seafood home delivery service. Place your fresh trawler market order before midday and get it same-day in insulated cold crates!
Come in-store & choose freshest catch
Pick your fillets directly from our ice beds. We fillet and cook it for you on the spot — steamed, battered, or grilled. Opposite Tweed River boat moorings.
Local Market Counter: Tweed Trawler Fleet
Fresh Tasmanian Salmon Fillet
Pristine pin-boned fillets, rich in omega-3 oils. Can be filleted to portion, pan-seared, or grilled in-store while you wait.
Tweed River King Prawns
Sweet, juicy local prawns caught by our family trawler partners. Available ocean-cooked chilled or raw green for the barbie.
Moreton Bay & Balmain Bugs
Succulent firm meat with that distinctive sweet shellfish flavour. Split and grilled with garlic herb butter or chilled on ice.
Live Tweed River Mud Crabs
Full meat, heavy, premium mud crabs caught in the Tweed mangrove channels. Cleaned, cooked, and cracked upon request.
Hand Shucked Coffin Bay & Sydney Rock Oysters
Clean, salty, sweet oysters freshly opened throughout the day. Never washed in fresh water to preserve the crisp ocean liquor.
Live Spring Bay Mussels & Sea Scallops
Sweet Roe-on or Roe-off scallops plus scrubbed deburred live mussels perfect for garlic white wine marinara.
Why shop at Scales Seafood?
Local produce from the Tweed Trawler Fleet straight to your plate. Now that is Fresh!
Beautiful Tweed River Waterfront Location
Conveniently located opposite the sparkling Tweed River at Tweed Heads. Relax and enjoy the views of passing boats and coastal pelicans while snacking on your freshly cooked fish and chips on the riverside grass and park benches.
Chip Technicians & Friendly Staff
Come and say hello to our friendly crew. We're always ready to take your order and create a lovely fish and chippy experience for your family.
Fresh is Best Guarantee
Tweed Trawler FleetOur fresh seafood market features the yummiest range of local prawns, fish, crabs, mussels, bugs, scallops and oysters. Directly unloaded from local berths.
Join the Scales Crew
Have some fun with our quality T's and trucker hats. Pick your design and colour — great motivation to catch the big one out on the Tweed River or coastline!
Fresh Seafood Recipes
Buy your fresh seafood ingredients from Scales Seafood! Follow our authentic step-by-step seaside recipe tutorials to cook like a Tweed River trawler skipper at home.
Chilli & Garlic Tweed Mud Crab
Cracking claws, wok flash-frying, and savory shellfish sauce.
Garlic Butter Sizzling Prawns
Simple 5-minute flash grill preserving sweet ocean crunch.
Get In Touch
It is always good to hear back from our loyal customers and new friends. Call our waterfront team or send an inquiry for large holiday family orders.
47 Kennedy Drive, Tweed Heads
Opposite the public boat ramp and riverside picnic reserve on the scenic Tweed River.