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 beginners: 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 beginner 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 Uturoa 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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert Intermediate

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faaroa9.7 kmabout 20 min by carNeeds 5 ft+

3 ft143 kJ

2 ft47 kJ

4 ft102 kJ

5 ft175 kJ

4 ft338 kJ

5 ft335 kJ

5 ft313 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at faaroa, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	8, too small	3 ft9 smushy	143kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots	29°C
Mon 19Oct	8, too small	2 ft7 smushy	47kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 12 knots	30°C
Tue 20Oct	20, too small	4 ft6 smushy	102kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots, offshore	27°C
Wed 21Oct	19, too small	5 ft7 smushy	175kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	23, too small	4 ft10 ssoft	338kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	15, too small	5 ft9 ssoft	335kJ	wind from the south-east, 15 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	17, too small	5 ft9 ssoft	313kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots	24°C

Miri miri7.4 kmabout 15 min by carIntermediate and up

4 ft408 kJ

4 ft122 kJ

5 ft263 kJ

7 ft680 kJ

7 ft1002 kJ

7 ft980 kJ

7 ft1212 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Miri miri, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	60, good	4 ft11 shollow	408kJ	wind from the north-east, 12 knots, offshore	28°C
Mon 19Oct	20, poor	4 ft6 smushy	122kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 13 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	18, poor	5 ft7 shollow	263kJ	wind from the south, 8 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 shollow	680kJ	wind from the south, 12 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 shollow	1,002kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	7 ft11 shollow	980kJ	wind from the south-east, 15 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	7 ft11 shollow	1,212kJ	wind from the south-east, 15 knots	25°C

Teavapiti3.1 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft59 kJ

2 ft48 kJ

2 ft61 kJ

3 ft90 kJ

3 ft128 kJ

3 ft125 kJ

3 ft148 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Teavapiti, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	14, too small	3 ft7 smushy	59kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots	29°C
Mon 19Oct	17, too small	2 ft9 ssoft	48kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots, offshore	30°C
Tue 20Oct	22, too small	2 ft8 smushy	61kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	27, too small	3 ft7 smushy	90kJ	wind from the south, 9 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	19, too small	3 ft10 smushy	128kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	14, too small	3 ft10 ssoft	125kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	13, too small	3 ft9 smushy	148kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots	25°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

Le Nordby 1.5 km · stays here
Te Ava Piti 3 km · stays here
Le trou de la Pieuvre 4.9 km · stays here
L'Aquarium 5.1 km · stays here
Les rairas 6 km · stays here
Les Roses 6.4 km · stays here
Rauto’Anui 7.1 km · stays here
Iriru 9.3 km · stays here
Te Tuatiare 11.9 km · stays here
Te Ava Mo’a 15.4 km · stays here
Tao-tao 18.9 km · stays here

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

Uturoa, French Polynesia