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Newcastle Light Rail Queens Wharf
Newcastle. Photo: Abesty, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Newcastle

Surf, kitesurf, windsurf and sailing town · Australia

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Beds: 64 places

64 places to stay within 2 km, 3 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 64 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 77 places in 4 sports

Surf · this week

All 74 surf spots
  • Dixon Park · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Flatrock · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Fripples - Happy gilmour · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Fuzzies · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Merewether - Burwood · about 10 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Merewether - Ladies · about 10 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Newcastle - The Groper · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Newcastle - The Wedge · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Newcastle beach · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Newcastle harbour · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Nobbies - Reef Shorey · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Nobbys Beach · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Nobbys Reef & Pipe · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Pogos · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Storm - bar pipe · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Susan gilmore · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • The Cliff · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • The spot · about 5 min by car

    34 out of 100
  • Jewels · about 25 min by car · stays in Belmont

    33 out of 100
  • Lakes Beach · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Budgewoi

    33 out of 100
  • Leggy Point · about 10 min by car

    33 out of 100
  • Stokton - South End · about 5 min by car

    33 out of 100
  • BJ's · about 1h by car · stays in Fingal Bay

    32 out of 100
  • Kingsley Beach · about 1h by car · stays in Fingal Bay

    32 out of 100
  • Boat reef · about 20 min by car

    31 out of 100
  • Dudley Beach · about 15 min by car

    31 out of 100
  • Dudley point · about 15 min by car

    31 out of 100
  • Redhead · about 20 min by car

    31 out of 100
  • Supies · about 20 min by car

    31 out of 100
  • Samurai · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Fingal Bay

    29 out of 100
  • Boulders · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Hawks Nest

    28 out of 100
  • Crabbes Creek · about 40 min by car · stays in Murrays Beach

    28 out of 100
  • Frenchmans Beach · about 40 min by car · stays in Murrays Beach

    28 out of 100
  • Frenchmans reef · about 40 min by car · stays in Murrays Beach

    28 out of 100
  • Maneela · about 35 min by car · stays in Murrays Beach

    28 out of 100
  • Pellows · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Norah Head

    28 out of 100
  • Pilos · about 40 min by car · stays in Murrays Beach

    28 out of 100
  • budge beach · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Budgewoi

    27 out of 100
  • Catherine Hill Bay · about 55 min by car · stays in Murrays Beach

    27 out of 100
  • Caves · about 45 min by car · stays in Murrays Beach

    27 out of 100
  • Caves point · about 45 min by car · stays in Murrays Beach

    27 out of 100
  • Iceys · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Norah Head

    27 out of 100
  • Lakes Reef · about 1h 25m by car · stays in The Entrance

    27 out of 100
  • Minis · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Norah Head

    27 out of 100
  • Moonie · about 55 min by car · stays in Murrays Beach

    27 out of 100
  • Norah's point · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Norah Head

    27 out of 100
  • Soldiers · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Norah Head

    27 out of 100
  • Birdie beach · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Budgewoi

    26 out of 100
  • Cudgee point · about 45 min by car · stays in Murrays Beach

    26 out of 100
  • Frazer Park · about 1h by car · stays in Murrays Beach

    26 out of 100
  • JD's shorey · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Norah Head

    26 out of 100
  • Triangles · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Norah Head

    26 out of 100
  • Big bommie · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Norah Head

    25 out of 100
  • Zenith Beach · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Hawks Nest

    24 out of 100
  • Back Jimmys · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Hawks Nest

    23 out of 100
  • Backdoor · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Norah Head

    23 out of 100
  • JD reef · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Norah Head

    23 out of 100
  • Blacksmiths beach · about 40 min by car · stays in Murrays Beach

    22 out of 100
  • Morna point · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Fingal Bay

    22 out of 100
  • One Mile Beach · about 1h 05m by car · stays in One Mile

    22 out of 100
  • One mile point · about 1h 05m by car · stays in One Mile

    22 out of 100
  • Wreck Beach · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Hawks Nest

    22 out of 100
  • Hawks Nest · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Hawks Nest

    21 out of 100
  • Box Beach · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Hawks Nest

    18 out of 100
  • Stockton beach · about 5 min by car

    18 out of 100
  • Fingal Spit · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Fingal Bay · Not for intermediates

    –, no score

Kitesurf · this week

  • Newcastle · 0.3 km · stays here

    13 out of 100

Windsurf · this week

  • Newcastle · 0.3 km · stays here

    28 out of 100

Sailing · 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 Newcastle.

Places to eat

6 near Newcastle

Places to eat near Newcastle

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 intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 50 km from Newcastle.

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Photos of Newcastle

CAF Urbos 3 number 58 in Newcastle
Photo: Gorden 2211, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mapillary (488273449081586, Q4XNZhkVS-6Fi Un3MvFaQ) (marki) 2018-09-04 03H43M26S288
Photo: marki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Queens Wharf Light Rail Stop
Photo: Abesty, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Newcastle

where it is, what is near

Newcastle is a town in New South Wales, Australia.

From Newcastle you can reach 74 surf spots, 1 kitesurf spot, 1 windsurf spot and 1 sailing spot.

The nearest is Newcastle, a kitesurf and windsurf spot 0.3 km from the centre.

Overture lists 64 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 3 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Newcastle Airport (NTL), 15 km away.

In New South Wales · Australia

  • 64 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 3 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Newcastle Airport (NTL), 15 km, Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), 126 km, Port Macquarie Airport (PQQ), 195 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).