The Old Bar Beach Festival as from the Saturday, 4th October 2014 @12-14-44pm - panoramio — Old Bar. Photo: Christopher Wood, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Old Bar

Old Bar is a town in New South Wales, Australia. From Old Bar you can reach 6 surf spots. The nearest is Old Bar, a surf spot under 0.1 km from the centre. Overture lists 11 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is PQQ, 64 km away.

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Staying in Old Bar

11 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: PQQ, 64 km, NTL, 116 km, ARM, 184 km

Stay in Old BarAd

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Old Bar.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Old Bar each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 3 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for Old Bar too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

Mon 19

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Sun 25

2nd corner1.2 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

4 ft98 kJ

4 ft74 kJ

3 ft54 kJ

4 ft64 kJ

3 ft56 kJ

4 ft110 kJ

5 ft207 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at 2nd corner, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	41, fair	4 ft6 smushy	98kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	20°C
Tue 20Oct	41, fair	4 ft6 smushy	74kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots	22°C
Wed 21Oct	30, poor	3 ft6 smushy	54kJ	wind from the north, 2 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	24, poor	4 ft5 smushy	64kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	27, poor	3 ft5 smushy	56kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	41, fair	4 ft6 smushy	110kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 1 knot	25°C
Sun 25Oct	40, fair	5 ft7 smushy	207kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 6 knots	24°C

Black Head point12.1 kmabout 25 min by carStays in Black Head, 1 kmIntermediate and up

3 ft66 kJ

3 ft60 kJ

3 ft41 kJ

4 ft69 kJ

2 ft20 kJ

4 ft80 kJ

4 ft149 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Black Head point, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	32, poor	3 ft6 smushy	66kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	35, poor	3 ft6 smushy	60kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots	22°C
Wed 21Oct	28, too small	3 ft5 smushy	41kJ	wind from the north, 3 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	26, poor	4 ft5 smushy	69kJ	wind from the north-east, 11 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 smushy	20kJ	wind from the north, 4 knots	22°C
Sat 24Oct	45, fair	4 ft6 smushy	80kJ	wind from the north, 2 knots	25°C
Sun 25Oct	45, fair	4 ft6 smushy	149kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 6 knots	24°C

Diamond beach7.7 kmabout 15 min by carStays in Diamond Beach, 2 kmIntermediate and up

3 ft66 kJ

3 ft60 kJ

3 ft41 kJ

4 ft69 kJ

2 ft20 kJ

4 ft80 kJ

4 ft140 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Diamond beach, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	32, poor	3 ft6 smushy	66kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	36, fair	3 ft6 smushy	60kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots	22°C
Wed 21Oct	28, too small	3 ft5 smushy	41kJ	wind from the north, 3 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	27, poor	4 ft5 smushy	69kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 smushy	20kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	44, fair	4 ft6 smushy	80kJ	wind from the north, 2 knots	25°C
Sun 25Oct	52, good	4 ft6 smushy	140kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 7 knots	24°C

Old Bar0 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

4 ft98 kJ

4 ft74 kJ

3 ft54 kJ

4 ft64 kJ

3 ft56 kJ

4 ft110 kJ

5 ft207 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Old Bar, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	41, fair	4 ft6 smushy	98kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	20°C
Tue 20Oct	41, fair	4 ft6 smushy	74kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots	22°C
Wed 21Oct	30, poor	3 ft6 smushy	54kJ	wind from the north, 2 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	24, poor	4 ft5 smushy	64kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	27, poor	3 ft5 smushy	56kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	41, fair	4 ft6 smushy	110kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 1 knot	25°C
Sun 25Oct	40, fair	5 ft7 smushy	207kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 6 knots	24°C

Saltwater Point6.4 kmabout 15 min by carStays in Diamond Beach, 3 kmIntermediate and up

3 ft66 kJ

3 ft60 kJ

3 ft41 kJ

4 ft69 kJ

2 ft20 kJ

4 ft80 kJ

4 ft140 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Saltwater Point, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	32, poor	3 ft6 smushy	66kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	36, fair	3 ft6 smushy	60kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots	22°C
Wed 21Oct	27, too small	3 ft5 smushy	41kJ	wind from the north, 3 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	27, poor	4 ft5 smushy	69kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 smushy	20kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	43, fair	4 ft6 smushy	80kJ	wind from the north, 2 knots	25°C
Sun 25Oct	51, good	4 ft6 smushy	140kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 7 knots	24°C

Wallabi point4.3 kmabout 10 min by carIntermediate and up

4 ft98 kJ

4 ft74 kJ

3 ft54 kJ

4 ft64 kJ

3 ft56 kJ

4 ft110 kJ

5 ft207 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Wallabi point, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	41, fair	4 ft6 smushy	98kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	41, fair	4 ft6 smushy	74kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots	22°C
Wed 21Oct	31, poor	3 ft6 smushy	54kJ	wind from the north, 3 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	23, poor	4 ft5 smushy	64kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	24, poor	3 ft5 smushy	56kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	42, fair	4 ft6 smushy	110kJ	wind from the north-east, 2 knots	25°C
Sun 25Oct	41, fair	5 ft7 smushy	207kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 6 knots	24°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Old Bar, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Old Bar

Old Bar Pizza, Pasta & KebabsPizza · 0.4 km from the centre
Sai Thai Table and TeaThai · 0.4 km from the centre
Luriya's ThaiThai · 0.5 km from the centre
Michael's Chinese Old BarChinese · 0.5 km from the centre
BlowfishBurger · 0.9 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

Old Bar, Australia

About Old Bar

Staying in Old Bar

Stay in Old BarAd

Where it is

Surf within 20 km

Places to eat near Old Bar