Ten men have been charged over a disturbance at a police station on Queensland's Gold Coast in which three officers were injured.

Police say the violence broke out at the Surfers Paradise police station after two men were arrested for fighting in a nearby street.

The arresting officers say they were followed back to the station by a large group, whom they describe as "abusive and extremely aggressive".

Inspector Tracy Dale says the crowd became aggressive and began throwing cans and other projectiles.

"The police, from an officer safety perspective, then withdrew and gathered at the police station and awaited assistance from other units," she said.

Inspector Dale says three officers suffered minor injuries - one was bitten on his arm, another has a strained hand, and a third has facial bruising.

Extra police were called to the scene and a total of 13 people were taken into custody.

Acting Chief Superintendent Des Lacy says although capsicum spray was used, police never lost control of the situation.

"When capsicum spray is used, it usually denotes there's been some level of violence," he said.

"They don't use it to disperse the crowd. It's to specific people when they are trying to affect an arrest and handcuff them and they are given after care immediately."

Police say the young people involved were not linked to any criminal motorcycle gangs, unlike a riot in September outside the Southport watch house.

Chief Superintendent Lacy says the bikie brawl outside the Aura restaurant in Broadbeach in September was much more serious than what occurred in Surfers Paradise overnight.

"Watching the CCTV footage of the Aura incident was quite intimidating even from my perspective watching it," he said.

"However watching this one - this is something that occurs in Surfers Paradise with so many nightclubs and so much alcohol-fuelled violence."