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Waimārama welcome stone and pouwhenua, August 2026
Waimārama. Photo: Jakob (TheLoyalOrder), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Waimārama

Surf town · New Zealand

Score a trip to Waimārama

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

Beds: 2 places

2 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 2 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 16 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • Mangakuri · about 35 min by car

    22 out of 100
  • Cray bay · about 15 min by car

    21 out of 100
  • Mcrakens rock · about 1h 15m by car

    20 out of 100
  • Ocean beach · about 15 min by car

    17 out of 100
  • Awatoto rivermouth · about 55 min by car · stays in Napier

    8 out of 100
  • Mussel Reef · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Napier

    8 out of 100
  • The gap · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Napier

    8 out of 100
  • Marine Parade · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Napier

    7 out of 100
All 16 surf spots

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 Waimārama.

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 50 km from Waimārama.

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Photos of Waimārama

Waimārama and Te Motu-o-Kura, August 2026
Photo: Jakob (TheLoyalOrder), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Waimārama

where it is, what is near

Waimārama is a town in Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand.

From Waimārama you can reach 16 surf spots.

The nearest is Cray bay, a surf spot 6.5 km from the centre.

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

The nearest airport is Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE), 37 km away.

In Hawke's Bay Region · North Island · New Zealand

  • 2 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE), 37 km, Palmerston North Airport (PMR), 129 km, Taupo Airport (TUO), 140 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).