
Hawks Nest
Surf and dive town · Australia
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Beds: 21 places
21 places to stay within 2 km, 4 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 21 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 14 places in 2 sports
Surf · this week
Little gibber - Dark Point · about 20 min by car
33 out of 100Boulders · about 10 min by car
28 out of 100Zenith Beach · about 10 min by car
24 out of 100Back Jimmys · about 10 min by car
23 out of 100Wreck Beach · about 15 min by car
22 out of 100Hawks Nest · about 5 min by car
21 out of 100Box Beach · about 15 min by car
18 out of 100
Dive · this week
Fly Point · 5.3 km · stays here
68 out of 100Halifax · 4.6 km · stays here
68 out of 100North Rock · 15.7 km · stays here
68 out of 100The Pipeline · 6.1 km · stays here
68 out of 100Cabbage Tree Island · 4.7 km · stays here
67 out of 100SS Oakland · 5.3 km · stays here
64 out of 100Looking Glass · 13.7 km · stays here
63 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 Hawks Nest; a spot more than 10 km away stays here because Hawks Nest is the nearest town with beds.
Places to eat
6 near Hawks Nest
Places to eat near Hawks Nest
- Moongarden RestaurantChinese · 0.2 km from the centre
- Benchmark on BoonerBar and grill · 0.5 km from the centre
- Mumm's on the MyallSeafood · 1.2 km from the centre
- Hawks Nest Chinese Restaurantin the centre
- Golden Flame Pizza & Kebab & BurgersPizza · 1.7 km from the centre
- Hook N CookSeafood · 1.8 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
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the town and every place near it
Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 10 km from Hawks Nest.
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About Hawks Nest
where it is, what is near
Hawks Nest is a town in New South Wales, Australia.
From Hawks Nest you can reach 7 surf spots and 7 dive sites, 1 of the surf spots more than 10 km away.
The nearest is Hawks Nest, a surf spot 0.5 km from the centre.
Overture lists 21 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 4 of them campsites.
The nearest airport is Newcastle Airport (NTL), 35 km away.
In New South Wales · Australia
- 21 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 4 of them campsites (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: Newcastle Airport (NTL), 35 km, Port Macquarie Airport (PQQ), 152 km, Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), 169 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).