Palm Grove's Beach, Vaimaaga, Rarotonga - panoramio (1) — Near Ava avarua. Photo: Bob Linsdell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Avarua

Avarua is a town in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. From Avarua you can reach 2 surf spots and 4 dive sites. The nearest is Tupis Passage, a dive site 1.5 km from the centre. Overture lists 5 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is RAR, 2 km away.

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Staying in Avarua

5 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: RAR, 2 km

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Where it is

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 Avarua.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for the level each spot suits. Pick your level for the days that suit you. The best of the spots that stay in Avarua each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day.

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

Sun 18

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Black Rock3.1 kmabout 5 min by car

4 ft233 kJ

6 ft532 kJ

7 ft820 kJ

7 ft904 kJ

8 ft1239 kJ

8 ft1410 kJ

7 ft729 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Black Rock, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	24, too small	4 ft9 shollow	233kJ	wind from the south-east, 18 knots, offshore	24°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft9 shollow	532kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 19 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 shollow	820kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots	22°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 shollow	904kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 16 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft10 shollow	1,239kJ	wind from the south-east, 12 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 shollow	1,410kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 shollow	729kJ	wind from the south-east, 15 knots	22°C

Ava avarua5.9 kmabout 10 min by car

4 ft335 kJ

6 ft652 kJ

8 ft884 kJ

7 ft972 kJ

8 ft1317 kJ

8 ft1531 kJ

7 ft756 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Ava avarua, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	10, poor	4 ft10 scrumbling	335kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft10 smushy	652kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 19 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 smushy	884kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots	21°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 smushy	972kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 16 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft10 smushy	1,317kJ	wind from the south-east, 12 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 smushy	1,531kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 smushy	756kJ	wind from the south-east, 15 knots	22°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Avarua, 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 Avarua

Tupis Passage 1.5 km · stays here
Dianas Ridge 3 km · stays here
Avaavaroa Passage 4.7 km · stays here
Arbuthnotts 6.3 km · stays here

Avarua, Cook Islands