Ballina
Surf, kitesurf, windsurf, sailing and mountain biking town · Australia
Surf, kitesurf, windsurf, sailing and mountain biking, 6 nights from tomorrow, from your nearest start point: scored, planned and costed. Try another search
Beds: 29 places
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29 places to stay within 2 km, 5 of them campsites.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£100 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£120 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£155 a night
Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.
Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).
All 29 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 32 places in 5 sports
Surf · this week
Backsides · 7 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreBallina North Wall · 5 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreBelongil · 35 min by car · stays in Byron Bay · Not for beginners
–, no scoreBlack Head · 7 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreBoulder Beach · 9 min by car · stays in Lennox Head · Not for beginners
–, no scoreBroken Head · 26 min by car · stays in Suffolk Park · Not for beginners
–, no scoreBrunswick Heads North · 33 min by car · stays in Brunswick Heads · Not for beginners
–, no scoreBullies · 37 min by car · stays in Byron Bay · Not for beginners
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All 27 surf spots
Byron Bay · 33 min by car · stays in Byron Bay · Not for beginners
–, no scoreByron Bay - The Wreck · 30 min by car · stays in Byron Bay · Not for beginners
–, no scoreEvans Head - Main Beach · 35 min by car · stays in Evans Head · Not for beginners
–, no scoreFlat rock · 7 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreFlat Rock - Ballina - Left · 7 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreFlat Rock Reef · 7 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreLennox Head · 11 min by car · stays in Lennox Head · Not for beginners
–, no scoreMissingham Bridge · 2 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreNorth wall · 7 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreShark bay · 39 min by car · stays in Evans Head · Not for beginners
–, no scoreSharps Beach · 8 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreShelly beach · 5 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreSkennars · 10 min by car · stays in Lennox Head · Not for beginners
–, no scoreSouth wall · 20 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreSpeeds reef · 5 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreSuffolk Park · 26 min by car · stays in Suffolk Park · Not for beginners
–, no scoreTallow beach · 29 min by car · stays in Byron Bay · Not for beginners
–, no scoreWategos Beach · 36 min by car · stays in Byron Bay · Not for beginners
–, no scoreWhites · 27 min by car · stays in Suffolk Park · Not for beginners
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Kitesurf · this week
Richmond River Sailing & Rowing Club · 0.9 km · stays here
12 out of 100
Windsurf · this week
Richmond River Sailing & Rowing Club · 0.9 km · stays here
16 out of 100
Sailing · this week
Richmond River Sailing & Rowing Club · 0.9 km · stays here
28 out of 100
Mountain biking · this week
Mr Fussy (up) · 9 km · stays here
85 out of 100Captain Rous Park Mountain Bike Trails · 24 km · stays here
81 out of 100
Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Ballina.
Places to eat
6 near Ballina
Places to eat near Ballina
- Che Bon RestaurantFrench · 0.6 km from the centre
- 85 ThaiThai · 0.7 km from the centre
- Ballina's Indian KitchenIndian · 0.7 km from the centre
- Bondies at The BayFish and chips · 0.7 km from the centre
- Chef & ShukaTurkish · 0.7 km from the centre
- Lennox Smokin BarrelTaco · 0.7 km from the centre
Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits
Map
the town and every place near it
Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 50 km from Ballina.
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About Ballina
where it is, what is near
Ballina is a town in New South Wales, Australia.
From Ballina you can reach 27 surf spots, 1 kitesurf spot, 1 windsurf spot, 1 sailing spot and 2 mountain bike areas.
The nearest is Richmond River Sailing & Rowing Club, a kitesurf, sailing and windsurf spot 0.9 km from the centre.
Overture lists 29 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 5 of them campsites.
The nearest airport is Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), 4 km away.
In New South Wales · Australia
- 29 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 5 of them campsites (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), 4 km, Lismore Airport (LSY), 30 km, Gold Coast Airport (OOL), 78 km
Forecast updated . 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.
Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).