Mackay
Surf, kitesurf, windsurf, kayak and mountain biking town · Australia
Surf, kitesurf, windsurf, kayak and mountain biking, 6 nights from tomorrow, from your nearest start point: scored, planned and costed. Try another search
Beds: 40 places
40 places to stay within 2 km.
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 40 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 12 places in 5 sports
Surf · this week
South Wall Mackay Harbour · about 10 min by car · stays in Mackay Harbour
3 out of 100Dolphin Heads · about 20 min by car
2 out of 100Lamberts Beach · about 15 min by car
2 out of 100Lamberts Beach - The Reef · about 15 min by car
2 out of 100North Wall Mackay Harbour Beach · about 15 min by car · stays in Mackay Harbour
2 out of 100Rockies · about 25 min by car
2 out of 100Slade Point · about 20 min by car
1 out of 100Eimeo Point · about 20 min by car · Not for intermediates
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Kitesurf · this week
Mackay · 0.4 km · stays here
0 out of 100
Windsurf · this week
Mackay · 0.4 km · stays here
0 out of 100
Kayak · this week
Mackay Rowing Club · 16.8 km · stays here
99 out of 100
Mountain biking · this week
Bob Hodda Trail · 9.4 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 Mackay.
Places to eat
6 near Mackay
Places to eat near Mackay
- Burp.Eat.DrinkAustralian · 0.1 km from the centre
- Coco CubanoCuban · 0.1 km from the centre
- Cool Mango Salad BarSalad bar · 0.1 km from the centre
- Hog's Breath Cafe MackaySteakhouse · 0.1 km from the centre
- Real Kebab MackayDoner kebab · 0.1 km from the centre
- Banquet House Chinese RestaurantChinese · 0.2 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 20 km from Mackay.
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About Mackay
where it is, what is near
Mackay is a town in Queensland, Australia.
From Mackay you can reach 8 surf spots, 1 kitesurf spot, 1 windsurf spot, 1 kayak spot and 1 mountain bike area.
The nearest is Mackay, a kitesurf and windsurf spot 0.4 km from the centre.
Overture lists 40 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.
The nearest airport is Mackay Airport (MKY), 3 km away.
In Queensland · Australia
- 40 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: Mackay Airport (MKY), 3 km, Hamilton Island Airport (HTI), 91 km, Proserpine Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP), 98 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).