
Porirua
Surf and mountain biking town · New Zealand
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Beds: 5 places
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5 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 5 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 19 places in 2 sports
Surf · this week
Breaker Bay · 40 min by car · stays in Wellington
18 out of 100Lyall Bay · 37 min by car · stays in Wellington
18 out of 100lyall bay middles · 35 min by car · stays in Wellington
18 out of 100Bombers · 38 min by car · stays in Wellington
17 out of 100Houghton Bay · 38 min by car · stays in Wellington
17 out of 100The Island (Island Bay) · 38 min by car · stays in Wellington
17 out of 100156.0 · 37 min by car · stays in Wellington
16 out of 100Airport Rights · 38 min by car · stays in Wellington
15 out of 100
All 18 surf spots
Scouts den · 35 min by car · stays in Paraparaumu
12 out of 100Eastbourne · 44 min by car · stays in Lower Hutt
8 out of 100Illusions - Plimmerton · 18 min by car
8 out of 100Plimmerton Bar · 21 min by car
8 out of 100The Pa · 25 min by car
8 out of 100The Rec Eastbourne · 43 min by car · stays in Lower Hutt
8 out of 100Mana island · 12 min by car
7 out of 100Titahi Bay · 5 min by car
7 out of 100Titahi bay beach · 5 min by car
7 out of 100Te Ikaamaru Bay · 52 min by car · stays in Wellington
5 out of 100
Mountain biking · this week
Te Ara Utiwai · 5.3 km · stays here
86 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 Porirua.
Places to eat
6 near Porirua
Places to eat near Porirua
- Spicy bitesIndian · 1.4 km from the centre
- Hell Pizza ManaPizza · 1.6 km from the centre
- Burger WisconsinBurger · 1.8 km from the centre
- Natraj Authentic Indian CuisineIndian · 1.8 km from the centre
- Topor BistroPolish · 1.8 km from the centre
- Kams Fish & Chip ShopFish and chips · 1.9 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
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 30 km from Porirua.
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About Porirua
where it is, what is near
Porirua is a town in Wellington Region, New Zealand.
From Porirua you can reach 18 surf spots and 1 mountain bike area.
The nearest is Illusions - Plimmerton, a surf spot 1.5 km from the centre.
Overture lists 5 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.
The nearest airport is Wellington International Airport (WLG), 26 km away.
In Wellington Region · North Island · New Zealand
- 5 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: Wellington International Airport (WLG), 26 km, Woodbourne Airport (BHE), 94 km, Palmerston North Airport (PMR), 108 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).