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Near Double Brown, 1 km away. Photo: BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Whangamatā

Surf town · New Zealand

Score a trip to Whangamatā

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: 17 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • Mania reef · about 35 min by car · stays in Pauanui

    12 out of 100
  • Bowentown Bar · about 1h by car · stays in Waihi Beach · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Clark Island · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Donut Island · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Double Brown · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Fudabarer · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Homunga Bay · about 35 min by car · stays in Waihi Beach · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Hot water Beach · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Hahei · Not for beginners

    –, no score
All 17 surf spots
  • Onemana · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Opotere · about 25 min by car · stays in Pauanui · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Orakawa · about 40 min by car · stays in Waihi Beach · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • pauanui · about 40 min by car · stays in Tairua · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Sailors Grave · about 45 min by car · stays in Tairua · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • The Bay · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Waihi Beach · about 45 min by car · stays in Waihi Beach · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Whangamata Estuary · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Whiritoa · about 20 min by car · Not for beginners

    –, no score

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 Whangamatā.

Map

the town and every place near it

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 50 km from Whangamatā.

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About Whangamatā

where it is, what is near

Whangamatā is a town in Waikato Region, New Zealand.

From Whangamatā you can reach 17 surf spots.

The nearest is Double Brown, a surf spot 3.5 km from the centre.

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

The nearest airport is Tauranga Airport (TRG), 61 km away.

In Waikato Region · North Island · New Zealand

  • 2 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Tauranga Airport (TRG), 61 km, Hamilton International Airport (HLZ), 86 km, Auckland International Airport (AKL), 96 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).