Melbourne. Photo: Philip Mallis from Melbourne, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Melbourne

Surf, kitesurf, windsurf, sailing and kayak town · Australia

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Beds: 408 places

408 places to stay within 2 km, 1 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 408 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 14 places in 5 sports

Surf · this week

Mentone · about 40 min by car · stays in Beaumaris
15 out of 100
Aspendale · about 50 min by car · stays in Aspendale
12 out of 100
Beaumaris - BBS point · about 35 min by car · stays in Beaumaris
12 out of 100
Altona Pier · about 25 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no score
Brighton Beach · about 20 min by car · stays in Brighton · Not for beginners
–, no score
Kerferd Road Pier · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no score
williamstown beach · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no score

Kitesurf · this week

Melbourne St Kilda · 6.4 km · stays here
6 out of 100

Windsurf · this week

Melbourne St Kilda · 6.4 km · stays here
12 out of 100

Sailing · this week

Altona Yacht Club · 11.8 km · stays here
66 out of 100
Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron · 5.5 km · stays here
25 out of 100

Kayak · this week

Essendon Rowing Club · 7.6 km · stays here
87 out of 100
Fairfield Canoe Club · 5.9 km · stays here
87 out of 100
VRA Landing · 0.9 km · stays here
84 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 Melbourne.

Map

the town and every place near it

Melbourne 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 30 km from Melbourne.

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Photos of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia (Unsplash 09eoscPYdHU) — Photo: Linda Xu rhindaxu, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Urban river banks (Unsplash) — Photo: Tim McCartney timmccartney, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Trams in Melbourne 20231210 143633 — Photo: ZKang123, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Melbourne

where it is, what is near

Melbourne is a town in Victoria, Australia.

From Melbourne you can reach 7 surf spots, 1 kitesurf spot, 1 windsurf spot, 2 sailing spots and 3 kayak spots.

The nearest is VRA Landing, a kayak spot 0.9 km from the centre.

Overture lists 408 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB), 11 km away.

In Victoria · Australia

408 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB), 11 km, Melbourne Airport (MEL), 19 km, Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW), 22 km

Forecast updated Sun 1 Nov, 18:17 UTC. 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).