Powell River, Canada
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About Powell River
Powell River is a town in British Columbia, Canada. From Powell River you can reach 2 surf spots and 6 dive sites. The nearest is Silver Foxes, a surf spot 6.5 km from the centre. Overture lists 7 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites.
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Staying in Powell River
- 7 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
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Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Powell River.
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Surf within 20 km
The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate 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 Powell River 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: Expert
| Spot | Sun 18 | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 |
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| Hansons12.3 kmabout 25 min by car | <1 ft0 kJwind from the west-south-west, 1 knot, too small | <1 ft0 kJwind from the west-south-west, 2 knots, too small | <1 ft0 kJwind from the west, 2 knots, too small | <1 ft0 kJwind from the east-south-east, 1 knot, too small | <1 ft0 kJwind from the north-west, 8 knots, offshore, too small | <1 ft0 kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots, offshore, too small | <1 ft0 kJwind from the south-east, 1 knot, too small |
All readings for Hansons: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
| Silver Foxes6.5 kmabout 15 min by carNeeds 5 ft+ | <1 ft0 kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots | <1 ft0 kJwind from the west-north-west, 2 knots | <1 ft0 kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots | <1 ft0 kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot | 1 ft0 kJwind from the north-west, 10 knots | <1 ft0 kJwind from the north-west, 10 knots | <1 ft0 kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots |
All readings for Silver Foxes: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Powell River, 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).
Dive near Powell River
- Oswald Bank 7.2 km · stays here
- Atrevida Reef 13.5 km · stays here
- Grant Reefs 18.2 km · stays here
- Western Rock 19.7 km · stays here
- Neville Rock 21.2 km · stays here
- Sky Pilot Rock 35.9 km · stays here
Places to eat near Powell River
- Garden Gate HealthHealth food · 0.3 km from the centre
- Rocky Mountain Pizza & BakeryPizza · 0.3 km from the centre
- Thaidal Zone RestaurantThai · 0.3 km from the centre
- Costa del Sol Latin CuisineLatin american · 0.5 km from the centre
- Sunny KitchenKorean · 0.5 km from the centre
- Gourmet Canton Restaurant | ChineseChinese · 0.6 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