
New Plymouth
Surf and ski town · New Zealand
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Beds: 45 places
45 places to stay within 2 km.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£95 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£110 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£145 a night
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 45 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 16 places in 2 sports
Surf · this week
Back Beach · about 15 min by car
53 out of 100Mikotai · about 10 min by car
44 out of 100Kumera Patch · about 40 min by car
43 out of 100Bell Block Reef · about 15 min by car
41 out of 100The groyne · about 10 min by car
41 out of 100Waiwakaiho River Mouth Reef, Waisys · about 5 min by car
41 out of 100Ours · about 1h 10m by car
40 out of 100Waitara(WBBRC)-Surf Club Side · about 15 min by car
39 out of 100
All 15 surf spots
Secrets · about 10 min by car
36 out of 100Bog Works · about 5 min by car
35 out of 100Fitzroy Beach · about 5 min by car
35 out of 100Boulders bay · about 5 min by car
30 out of 100Belt Road · about 10 min by car
26 out of 100Break water · about 10 min by car
24 out of 100Aquatic centre · about 5 min by car
23 out of 100
Ski · this week
At Manganui: We don't know the avalanche risk here. Check the NZ Avalanche Advisory.
Manganui · 47 min by car · Closed for the season
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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 New Plymouth; a spot more than 20 km away stays here because New Plymouth is the nearest town with beds.
Places to eat
6 near New Plymouth
Places to eat near New Plymouth
- BurgerFuel New PlymouthBurger · 0.9 km from the centre
- Curry PointIndian · 1.1 km from the centre
- Deluxe DinerAmerican · 1.1 km from the centre
- Marbles BuffetBuffet · 1.1 km from the centre
- Pizza Hut New PlymouthPizza · 1.1 km from the centre
- St Pierre's SushiSushi · 1.1 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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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 20 km from New Plymouth.
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About New Plymouth
where it is, what is near
New Plymouth is a town in Taranaki Region, New Zealand.
From New Plymouth you can reach 15 surf spots and 1 ski resort, 2 of the surf spots more than 20 km away.
The nearest is Boulders bay, a surf spot 1.3 km from the centre.
Overture lists 45 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.
The nearest airport is New Plymouth Airport (NPL), 10 km away.
In Taranaki Region · North Island · New Zealand
- 45 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: New Plymouth Airport (NPL), 10 km, Wanganui Airport (WAG), 128 km, Hamilton International Airport (HLZ), 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).