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 intermediate 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 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

Mon 19

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Black Rock3.1 kmabout 5 min by car

6 ft526 kJ

7 ft824 kJ

7 ft928 kJ

8 ft1230 kJ

8 ft1397 kJ

5 ft526 kJ

10 ft2078 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Black Rock, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft9 shollow	526kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 20 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 shollow	824kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots	21°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 shollow	928kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft10 shollow	1,230kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 shollow	1,397kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots	22°C
Sat 24Oct	12, poor	5 ft11 shollow	526kJ	wind from the south-east, 16 knots, offshore	22°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	10 ft11 shollow	2,078kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots	22°C

Ava avarua5.9 kmabout 10 min by car

7 ft434 kJ

7 ft872 kJ

7 ft1022 kJ

8 ft1308 kJ

8 ft1541 kJ

5 ft560 kJ

10 ft2210 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Ava avarua, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	7 ft7 smushy	434kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 20 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 smushy	872kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots	21°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 smushy	1,022kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 smushy	1,308kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 smushy	1,541kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 16 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	4, poor	5 ft10 smushy	560kJ	wind from the south-east, 15 knots	22°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	10 ft11 smushy	2,210kJ	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