Port Douglas, Australia
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About Port Douglas
Port Douglas is a town in Queensland, Australia. From Port Douglas you can reach 3 surf spots, 1 kite spot and 1 windsurf spot, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is Port Douglas, a surf spot 0.4 km from the centre. Overture lists 109 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites. The nearest airport is CNS, 53 km away.
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Staying in Port Douglas
- 109 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: CNS, 53 km, CTN, 120 km
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Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Port Douglas. Spots further out are listed below.
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Surf within 20 km
The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Port Douglas 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.
| Spot | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratchet18.8 kmabout 35 min by car | 2 ft21 kJwind from the east-south-east, 12 knots, too small | 2 ft23 kJwind from the east-south-east, 13 knots, too small | 2 ft23 kJwind from the east-south-east, 11 knots, too small | 2 ft14 kJwind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, too small | 1 ft12 kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, too small | 1 ft10 kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, too small | 1 ft9 kJwind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, too small |
All readings for Ratchet: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
| Port Douglas0.4 kmabout 5 min by car | 2 ft15 kJwind from the east-south-east, 10 knots, too small | 2 ft18 kJwind from the east-south-east, 10 knots, too small | 2 ft14 kJwind from the east-south-east, 9 knots, too small | 2 ft11 kJwind from the east, 4 knots, too small | 1 ft10 kJwind from the north-east, 1 knot, too small | 1 ft8 kJwind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, too small | 1 ft7 kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, too small |
All readings for Port Douglas: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Port Douglas, 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).
Further out
This spot is more than 20 km from Port Douglas. It is the nearest town with beds, so it stays here.
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.
| Spot | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rocky point27.5 kmabout 50 min by car | 2 ft14 kJwind from the east-south-east, 10 knots, too small | 1 ft12 kJwind from the east-south-east, 11 knots, too small | 2 ft15 kJwind from the east-south-east, 10 knots, too small | 2 ft9 kJwind from the east-north-east, 5 knots, too small | 1 ft7 kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, too small | 1 ft6 kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, too small | 1 ft6 kJwind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, too small |
All readings for rocky point: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
Kite near Port Douglas
- Port Douglas 0.9 km · stays here
Windsurf near Port Douglas
- Port Douglas 0.9 km · stays here
Places to eat near Port Douglas
- Chilly's Pizza & TrattoriaPizza · 0.1 km from the centre
- Babal Port DouglasAustralian · 0.2 km from the centre
- Finz Seafood RestaurantSeafood · 0.2 km from the centre
- Jade Inn Port DouglasChinese · 0.2 km from the centre
- Odori Sushi HouseSushi · 0.2 km from the centre
- Pasta e VinoItalian · 0.2 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