Watamu
Surf, kitesurf and dive town · Kenya
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Beds: 72 places
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72 places to stay within 2 km.
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All 72 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 4 places in 3 sports
Surf · this week
Watamu Bay · about 5 min by car
16 out of 100
Kitesurf · this week
Kenya Watamu · 0.4 km · stays here
0 out of 100
Dive · this week
Tewa Caves · 1.9 km · stays here
77 out of 100Watamu Marine Park · 2.1 km · stays here
77 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 Watamu.
Places to eat
6 near Watamu
Places to eat near Watamu
- Breeze Sea Foods Ristorante WatamuSeafood · in the centre
- Tamu Restaurant WatamuAsian · 1.0 km from the centre
- MakutiPizza · 0.5 km from the centre
- Wasafi Swahili DishesAfrican · 0.5 km from the centre
- Amici MieiItalian · 0.7 km from the centre
- Mapango Restaurant0.7 km from the centre
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
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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 5 km from Watamu.
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About Watamu
where it is, what is near
Watamu is a town in Coast Province, Kenya.
From Watamu you can reach 1 surf spot, 1 kitesurf spot and 2 dive sites.
The nearest is Kenya Watamu, a kitesurf spot 0.4 km from the centre.
Overture lists 72 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.
The nearest airport is Malindi International Airport (MYD), 16 km away.
In Coast Province · Kenya
- 72 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: Malindi International Airport (MYD), 16 km, Moi International Airport (MBA), 89 km, Manda Airport (LAU), 157 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.
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