Popular BMX star Dane Searls has died in hospital after diving from a balcony at a Gold Coast pub on Sunday night.

Searls, 23, had been in a coma since Sunday night after he attempted to dive from the first floor of Billy's Beach House into the pool.

Champion BMX rider Dane Searls has died days after plunging dive from a Gold Coast balcony. Credit:Dan Searls' official Facebook fan page

He missed the pool and landed on the cement, causing critical head and back injuries.

Police have just confirmed Searls died in Gold Coast Hospital this morning.