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 experts: 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 expert 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.GoodBest spot that day for expertsUnder 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

7 ft806 kJ

7 ft824 kJ

8 ft1204 kJ

8 ft1181 kJ

8 ft1397 kJ

7 ft900 kJ

8 ft1482 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Black Rock, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	23, poor	7 ft9 shollow	806kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 17 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	60, good	7 ft9 shollow	824kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots, offshore	21°C
Wed 21Oct	63, good	8 ft11 shollow	1,204kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots, offshore	22°C
Thu 22Oct	63, good	8 ft10 shollow	1,181kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots, offshore	22°C
Fri 23Oct	64, good	8 ft11 shollow	1,397kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots, offshore	22°C
Sat 24Oct	50, good	7 ft10 shollow	900kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots, offshore	22°C
Sun 25Oct	64, good	8 ft12 shollow	1,482kJ	wind from the south-east, 19 knots, offshore	22°C

Ava avarua5.9 kmabout 10 min by car

7 ft839 kJ

7 ft848 kJ

7 ft1022 kJ

8 ft1236 kJ

8 ft1422 kJ

7 ft803 kJ

8 ft1495 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Ava avarua, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	16, poor	7 ft10 smushy	839kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 18 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	30, poor	7 ft9 smushy	848kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots	21°C
Wed 21Oct	22, poor	7 ft10 smushy	1,022kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	25, poor	8 ft11 smushy	1,236kJ	wind from the south-east, 11 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	17, poor	8 ft11 smushy	1,422kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	20, poor	7 ft9 smushy	803kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots	22°C
Sun 25Oct	4, poor	8 ft12 smushy	1,495kJ	wind from the south-east, 17 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