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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: 32 places in 5 sports

Surf · this week

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; a spot more than 20 km away stays here because Halifax is the nearest town with beds.

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 experts: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Halifax.

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One finger scrolls the page; two fingers move the map. Pins are our own positions. Map OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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 8 surf spots, 13 dive sites, 2 kayak spots, 8 climbing areas and 1 mountain bike area, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away.

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).