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Lyttelton. Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Lyttelton

Surf, sailing, climbing and mountain biking town · New Zealand

Score a trip to Lyttelton

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

Beds: 3 places

3 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 3 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 16 places in 4 sports

Surf · this week

  • Eddies - South Shore · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Lone Pine - Brighton · about 20 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • New Brighton · about 20 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • North Shore · about 25 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Scarborough · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Sumner Bar · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Taylors Mistake · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Trolley's · about 20 min by car · Not for beginners

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All 9 surf spots
  • Waimari beach · about 25 min by car · Not for beginners

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Sailing · 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 Lyttelton; a spot more than 5 km away stays here because Lyttelton is the nearest town with beds.

Places to eat

6 near Lyttelton

Places to eat near Lyttelton

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: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 5 km from Lyttelton.

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Photos of Lyttelton

Lyttelton Photowalk Oct 2025 MRD 17
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Te Ana Lyttelton Marina wide shot
Photo: Tom Ackroyd, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Te Ana Lyttelton Marina
Photo: Tom Ackroyd, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Lyttelton

where it is, what is near

Lyttelton is a town in Canterbury Region, New Zealand.

From Lyttelton you can reach 9 surf spots, 4 sailing spots, 1 climbing area and 2 mountain bike areas, 9 of the surf spots more than 5 km away.

The nearest is Naval Point Club, a sailing spot 1.5 km from the centre.

Overture lists 3 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Christchurch International Airport (CHC), 19 km away.

In Canterbury Region · South Island · New Zealand

  • 3 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Christchurch International Airport (CHC), 19 km, Timaru Airport (TIU), 143 km, Hokitika Airfield (HKK), 171 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).