Uturoa, French Polynesia

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About Uturoa

Uturoa is a town in Leeward Islands, French Polynesia. From Uturoa you can reach 3 surf spots and 11 dive sites. The nearest is Le Nordby, a dive site 1.5 km from the centre. Overture lists 4 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is RFP, 2 km away.

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Staying in Uturoa

  • 4 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: RFP, 2 km, HUH, 45 km, BOB, 46 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 Uturoa.

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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 Uturoa 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 intermediatesUnder 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

Surf spots within 20 km of Uturoa: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Miri miri7.4 kmabout 15 min by car4 ft408 kJwind from the north-east, 12 knots, offshore, good, best spot that day4 ft122 kJwind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, poor5 ft263 kJwind from the south, 8 knots, poor7 ft680 kJwind from the south, 12 knots, too big7 ft1002 kJwind from the south-east, 9 knots, too big7 ft980 kJwind from the south-east, 15 knots, too big7 ft1212 kJwind from the south-east, 15 knots, too big
All readings for Miri miri: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Miri miri, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct60, good4 ft11 shollow408kJwind from the north-east, 12 knots, offshore28°C
Mon 19Oct20, poor4 ft6 smushy122kJwind from the west-north-west, 13 knots27°C
Tue 20Oct18, poor5 ft7 shollow263kJwind from the south, 8 knots26°C
Wed 21Oct0, too big7 ft9 shollow680kJwind from the south, 12 knots25°C
Thu 22Oct0, too big7 ft10 shollow1,002kJwind from the south-east, 9 knots25°C
Fri 23Oct0, too big7 ft11 shollow980kJwind from the south-east, 15 knots25°C
Sat 24Oct0, too big7 ft11 shollow1,212kJwind from the south-east, 15 knots25°C
Teavapiti3.1 kmabout 5 min by car3 ft59 kJwind from the north-east, 9 knots, too small2 ft48 kJwind from the west-north-west, 11 knots, offshore, too small2 ft61 kJwind from the south, 6 knots, too small3 ft90 kJwind from the south, 9 knots, too small3 ft128 kJwind from the south-east, 9 knots, too small3 ft125 kJwind from the south-south-east, 15 knots, too small3 ft148 kJwind from the south-east, 13 knots, too small
All readings for Teavapiti: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Teavapiti, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct14, too small3 ft7 smushy59kJwind from the north-east, 9 knots29°C
Mon 19Oct17, too small2 ft9 ssoft48kJwind from the west-north-west, 11 knots, offshore30°C
Tue 20Oct22, too small2 ft8 smushy61kJwind from the south, 6 knots28°C
Wed 21Oct27, too small3 ft7 smushy90kJwind from the south, 9 knots27°C
Thu 22Oct19, too small3 ft10 smushy128kJwind from the south-east, 9 knots26°C
Fri 23Oct14, too small3 ft10 ssoft125kJwind from the south-south-east, 15 knots26°C
Sat 24Oct13, too small3 ft9 smushy148kJwind from the south-east, 13 knots25°C
faaroa9.7 kmabout 20 min by carNeeds 5 ft+3 ft143 kJwind from the north-east, 9 knots, too small for experts2 ft47 kJwind from the west-north-west, 12 knots, too small for experts4 ft102 kJwind from the south, 10 knots, offshore, too small for experts5 ft175 kJwind from the south, 10 knots, too small for experts4 ft338 kJwind from the south-east, 10 knots, too small for experts5 ft335 kJwind from the south-east, 15 knots, too small for experts5 ft313 kJwind from the south-east, 14 knots, too small for experts
All readings for faaroa: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at faaroa, each day
DayScorefor ExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct8, too small3 ft9 smushy143kJwind from the north-east, 9 knots29°C
Mon 19Oct8, too small2 ft7 smushy47kJwind from the west-north-west, 12 knots30°C
Tue 20Oct20, too small4 ft6 smushy102kJwind from the south, 10 knots, offshore27°C
Wed 21Oct19, too small5 ft7 smushy175kJwind from the south, 10 knots26°C
Thu 22Oct23, too small4 ft10 ssoft338kJwind from the south-east, 10 knots26°C
Fri 23Oct15, too small5 ft9 ssoft335kJwind from the south-east, 15 knots26°C
Sat 24Oct17, too small5 ft9 ssoft313kJwind from the south-east, 14 knots24°C

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

Places to eat near Uturoa

  • Jade GardenChinese · 0.2 km from the centre
  • La pizzeria du marché d’Uturoa - L’ApizzaPizza · 0.5 km from the centre
  • Le Kaimana0.9 km from the centre
  • Brasserie Mara'amu0.2 km from the centre
  • La Raie Gate0.2 km from the centre
  • Lynk0.2 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