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Beds: 1 place

1 place 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 1 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 4 surf spots

Surf · this week

Hickory Bay · about 20 min by car
19 out of 100
Tumble Down Bay · about 30 min by car · stays in Akaroa
12 out of 100
Raupo Bay · about 15 min by car
11 out of 100
Stony Beach · about 10 min by car
10 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 Okains Bay.

Map

the town and every place near it

Okains Bay on Google Maps

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 Okains Bay.

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Photos of Okains Bay

St John the Evangelist Okains Bay 2025 MRD 03 — Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

A group of California quail — Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Industrial abstract.. — Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

About Okains Bay

where it is, what is near

Okains Bay is a town in Canterbury Region, New Zealand.

From Okains Bay you can reach 4 surf spots.

The nearest is Stony Beach, a surf spot 5 km from the centre.

Overture lists 1 place to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Christchurch International Airport (CHC), 48 km away.

In Canterbury Region · South Island · New Zealand

1 place to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: Christchurch International Airport (CHC), 48 km, Timaru Airport (TIU), 159 km, Hokitika Airfield (HKK), 200 km

Forecast updated Sun 1 Nov, 21:16 UTC. 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).