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5537 and 5519 Cogswell Street (under construction) in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax. Photo: A Disappearing Act, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Halifax

Surf, dive, kayak, climbing and mountain biking town · Canada

Score a trip to Halifax

Surf, dive, kayak, climbing and mountain biking, 6 nights from tomorrow, from your nearest start point: scored, planned and costed. Try another search

Beds: 53 places

53 places to stay within 2 km.

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 53 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 37 places in 5 sports

Surf · this week

  • Lawrencetown - Plan B · about 35 min by car · stays in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

    35 out of 100
  • Point Pleasant Beach Park · about 10 min by car

    33 out of 100
  • Left Point · about 35 min by car · stays in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

    32 out of 100
  • Cow Bay - Moose Rocks · about 25 min by car

    31 out of 100
  • Lawrencetown · about 35 min by car · stays in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

    31 out of 100
  • osbourne · about 25 min by car

    30 out of 100
  • Seals · about 50 min by car · stays in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

    29 out of 100
  • Killaz · about 45 min by car · stays in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

    28 out of 100
All 13 surf spots
  • Martinique · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

    27 out of 100
  • Minutes · about 25 min by car · stays in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

    27 out of 100
  • Rudy's · about 45 min by car · stays in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

    26 out of 100
  • Fisherman's Reserve · about 45 min by car · stays in Dartmouth Nova Scotia

    24 out of 100
  • Forevers · about 55 min by car

    21 out of 100

Dive · this week

All 13 dive sites

Kayak · this week

Climbing · this week

Mountain biking · 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 Halifax.

Places to eat

6 near Halifax

Places to eat near Halifax

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 Halifax.

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Photos of Halifax

Hurricane Dorian aftermath in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Photo: Coastal Elite from Halifax, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
CBC Radio-Canada former building in Halifax
Photo: A Disappearing Act, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tank outside Halifax Armoury
Photo: Skookum1, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

About Halifax

where it is, what is near

Halifax is a town in Nova Scotia, Canada.

From Halifax you can reach 13 surf spots, 13 dive sites, 2 kayak spots, 8 climbing areas and 1 mountain bike area.

The nearest is Point Pleasant Beach Park, a surf spot 3.2 km from the centre.

Overture lists 53 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Halifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ), 27 km away.

In Nova Scotia · Eastern Canada · Canada

  • 53 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Halifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ), 27 km, Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport (YQM), 184 km, Charlottetown Airport (YYG), 186 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).