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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.

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.com

Spots near here: 54 places in 2 sports

Surf · this week

  • Anna bay reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Anna Bay · Not for beginners

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  • Anti-Hole · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Back Bommie · about 55 min by car · stays in Seal Rocks · Not for beginners

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  • Back Jimmys · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Bar Beach · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Bar Reef · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Birubi (north end stockton bight · about 30 min by car · stays in Anna Bay · Not for beginners

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  • Blueys Beach · about 1h 30m by car · stays in Blueys Beach · Not for beginners

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All 47 surf spots

  • Blueys beach wedge · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Blueys Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Boomerang Beach · about 1h 30m by car · stays in Boomerang Beach · Not for beginners

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  • Boulders · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Box Beach · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Cowrie hole · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Dixon Park · about 1h 30m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Flatrock · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Fripples - Happy gilmour · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Fuzzies · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Hawks Nest · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Little gibber - Dark Point · about 20 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Merewether - Burwood · about 1h 30m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Merewether - Ladies · about 1h 30m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Newcastle - The Groper · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Newcastle - The Wedge · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Newcastle beach · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Newcastle harbour · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Nobbies - Reef Shorey · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Nobbys Beach · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Nobbys Reef & Pipe · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Pogos · about 1h 30m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Seal Rocks Stilettos, · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Seal Rocks · Not for beginners

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  • Seal Rocks-Lighthouse Beach · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Seal Rocks · Not for beginners

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  • Seal Rocks, Treachery · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Seal Rocks · Not for beginners

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  • seals rocks · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Seal Rocks · Not for beginners

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  • Seals Wedge · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Seal Rocks · Not for beginners

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  • Stockton - signa shipwreck · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Stockton beach · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Stokton - South End · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Storm - bar pipe · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • suck rock · about 55 min by car · stays in Seal Rocks · Not for beginners

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  • Susan gilmore · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • The Cliff · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • The spot · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Newcastle · Not for beginners

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  • Treachery · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Seal Rocks · Not for beginners

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  • Trechery Beach · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Seal Rocks · Not for beginners

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  • Wreck Beach · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Yagin · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Seal Rocks · Not for beginners

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  • Zenith Beach · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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Dive · this week

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.

Places to eat

6 near Hawks Nest

Places to eat near Hawks Nest

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

Hawks Nest on Google Maps

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 Hawks Nest.

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Photos of Hawks Nest

Tea Gardens Harbour
Photo: Quartl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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 47 surf spots and 7 dive sites.

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).