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Lake Cathie on Wednesday, 20th August 2008 at 11am. - panoramio
Lake Cathie. Photo: Christopher Wood, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Lake Cathie

Surf town · Australia

Score a trip to Lake Cathie

Surf, 6 nights from tomorrow, from your nearest start point: scored, planned and costed. Try another search

Beds: 5 places

5 places to stay within 2 km, 2 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 5 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 16 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • Lewis' or South Beach · about 20 min by car · stays in North Haven

    16 out of 100
  • Lighthouse Beach · about 5 min by car · stays in Port Macquarie

    16 out of 100
  • Seaview Street · about 20 min by car · stays in North Haven

    16 out of 100
  • Backwash · about 20 min by car · stays in Port Macquarie

    14 out of 100
  • Lake Cathie · about 5 min by car

    14 out of 100
  • Bartletts Beach · about 10 min by car · stays in Bonny Hills

    13 out of 100
  • Flynn's Beach · about 25 min by car · stays in Port Macquarie

    13 out of 100
  • Nobbys beach · about 25 min by car · stays in Port Macquarie

    13 out of 100
All 16 surf spots
  • North Haven · about 20 min by car · stays in North Haven

    13 out of 100
  • Rainbow Beach, Bonny Hills · about 10 min by car · stays in Bonny Hills

    13 out of 100
  • Shelly beach · about 25 min by car · stays in Port Macquarie

    13 out of 100
  • Middles · about 30 min by car · stays in Port Macquarie

    12 out of 100
  • Oxleys Reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Port Macquarie

    12 out of 100
  • Palms Wedge · about 25 min by car · stays in Port Macquarie

    12 out of 100
  • North Wall · about 30 min by car · stays in Port Macquarie

    8 out of 100
  • Town Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Port Macquarie

    8 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 Lake Cathie.

Places to eat

3 near Lake Cathie

Places to eat near Lake Cathie

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 experts: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Lake Cathie.

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Photos of Lake Cathie

Lake Cathie - panoramio (2)
Photo: Annette Teng, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The view of the beach just south of Lake Cathie – Taken on the Sunday, 16th October 2011 at 9-44am. - panoramio
Photo: Christopher Wood, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coffee rock at Lake Cathie 1
Photo: Brian Tolagson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Lake Cathie

where it is, what is near

Lake Cathie is a town in New South Wales, Australia.

From Lake Cathie you can reach 16 surf spots.

The nearest is Lake Cathie, a surf spot 0.1 km from the centre.

Overture lists 5 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Port Macquarie Airport (PQQ), 13 km away.

In New South Wales · Australia

  • 5 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Port Macquarie Airport (PQQ), 13 km, Coffs Harbour Airport (CFS), 139 km, Armidale Airport (ARM), 164 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).