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John J Hills of Wollongong, AEC Regal III 6340 (ex MTT Adelaide No 175) in Addison Street near Mary Street, Shellharbour, N.S.W. Australia.
Shellharbour. Photo: John Ward from Oatlands, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Shellharbour

Surf town · Australia

Score a trip to Shellharbour

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Beds: 15 places

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15 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).

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Spots near here: 46 surf spots

Surf · this week

All 46 surf spots

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 Shellharbour.

Places to eat

6 near Shellharbour

Places to eat near Shellharbour

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 30 km from Shellharbour.

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Photos of Shellharbour

Shellharbour Headland - panoramio
Photo: Maurice van Creij, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Early dawn at Shellharbour - panoramio
Photo: Ray Hayward, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crowne Plaza Shell Cove Marina, January 2026 01
Photo: DaHuzyBru, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Shellharbour

where it is, what is near

Shellharbour is a town in New South Wales, Australia.

From Shellharbour you can reach 46 surf spots.

The nearest is Cowries, a surf spot 0.8 km from the centre.

Overture lists 15 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), 76 km away.

In New South Wales · Australia

  • 15 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), 76 km, Moruya Airport (MYA), 161 km, Bathurst Airport (BHS), 172 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).