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The Pancake Rocks Punakaiki. NZ
Near Waikori Road Rock Climbing. Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Waikori Road Rock Climbing

Climbing area · New Zealand

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
13°C
Air
14°C
Rain
5.8 mm

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
14°C
Air
15°C
Rain
13.9 mm

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
16°C
Air
16°C
Rain
2.7 mm

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
15°C
Air
16°C
Rain
0.7 mm

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
15°C
Air
15°C
Rain
9.6 mm

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
16°C
Air
14°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
13°C
Air
13°C
Rain
2.4 mm

Tap a day for rock, its warmth, the air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 139, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 955, fair
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in one fact

  • 1 cragmapped within 5 km

Full forecast

every day, every number
Weather forecast and score for each day at Waikori Road Rock Climbing
DayScoreRockRock tempAirRain
Sun 1Nov*39, poorWet12°C13°C0.2 mm
Mon 2Nov*0, poorWet13°C14°C5.8 mm
Tue 3Nov0, poorWet14°C15°C13.9 mm
Wed 4Nov0, poorWet16°C16°C2.7 mm
Thu 5Nov0, poorWet15°C16°C0.7 mm
Fri 6Nov0, poorWet15°C15°C9.6 mm
Sat 7Nov0, poorWet16°C14°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov0, poorWet13°C13°C2.4 mm
Mon 9Nov55, fairWet18°C18°C3.6 mm
Tue 10Nov0, poorWet13°C13°C6.6 mm

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Rock and air are in °C, the rock's with the sun on it; rain in mm. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Waikori Road Rock Climbing

Punakaiki resort rocks 1
Near Waikori Road Rock Climbing, 1 km away. Photo: Andy king50, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cliffs south of Punakaiki pancake rocks
Near Waikori Road Rock Climbing, 1 km away. Photo: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Paparoa National Park • Jase Blair • Katabatic • 22
Near Waikori Road Rock Climbing, 1 km away. Photo: Jase Blair, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Waikori Road Rock Climbing

1 crag mapped. The nearest town to stay in is Punakaiki.

  • Crags 1 crag mapped.
  • Rock No source states the rock.

From OpenStreetMap: the crags mapped within 5 km. Check access and bans locally.

Crags: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,760–US$3,380 each

about US$1,760–US$3,380 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, climbing instructor.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to CHC, estimated from distance and season, changing at SFO, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$858–US$1,780
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$569
Food7 days eating outabout US$301–US$563
Climbing instructor1 day with an instructor, shared; leave it out if you climb on your ownabout US$127–US$234
Totalabout US$1,760–US$3,380

Climbers bring their own kit: it is not in the cost. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Punakaiki

Closest

Punakaiki

2 min by car

about US$127/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Punakaiki · Booking.com

About Punakaiki its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$127 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 29h 20m

About 29h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → CHC, changing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), then 3h 25m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.