KotaKinabalu Sabah JalanMatSalleh-02 — Tanjung Aru, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Tanjung Aru

Tanjung Aru is a town in Sabah, Malaysia. From Tanjung Aru you can reach 3 surf spots. The nearest is Tanjung Aru beach 3, a surf spot 2.4 km from the centre. Overture lists 119 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is BKI, 2 km away.

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Staying in Tanjung Aru

119 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: BKI, 2 km, LBU, 115 km, BWN, 168 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 Tanjung Aru.

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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. 2 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for Tanjung Aru too.

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

Mon 19

Tue 20

Wed 21

Thu 22

Fri 23

Sat 24

Nexus19 kmabout 35 min by car

2 ft31 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

1 ft13 kJ

1 ft12 kJ

1 ft9 kJ

1 ft7 kJ

2 ft84 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Nexus, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	25, too small	2 ft6 smushy	31kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	30°C
Mon 19Oct	20, too small	2 ft6 smushy	15kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots, offshore	28°C
Tue 20Oct	18, too small	1 ft6 smushy	13kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots, offshore	29°C
Wed 21Oct	15, too small	1 ft6 smushy	12kJ	wind from the south, 9 knots, offshore	29°C
Thu 22Oct	12, too small	1 ft6 smushy	9kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots, offshore	29°C
Fri 23Oct	11, too small	1 ft6 smushy	7kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 10 knots, offshore	28°C
Sat 24Oct	31, too small	2 ft9 ssoft	84kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 9 knots	28°C

Nexus west end18.8 kmabout 35 min by car

2 ft27 kJ

1 ft12 kJ

1 ft11 kJ

1 ft10 kJ

1 ft7 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

3 ft28 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Nexus west end, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	24, too small	2 ft6 smushy	27kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots, offshore	30°C
Mon 19Oct	17, too small	1 ft6 shollow	12kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots, offshore	28°C
Tue 20Oct	17, too small	1 ft6 shollow	11kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots, offshore	29°C
Wed 21Oct	15, too small	1 ft6 shollow	10kJ	wind from the south, 9 knots, offshore	29°C
Thu 22Oct	11, too small	1 ft6 shollow	7kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots, offshore	29°C
Fri 23Oct	12, too small	1 ft3 smushy	4kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 11 knots, offshore	28°C
Sat 24Oct	31, too small	3 ft5 smushy	28kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 12 knots, offshore	28°C

Tanjung Aru beach 32.4 kmabout 5 min by car

2 ft17 kJ

1 ft9 kJ

1 ft8 kJ

1 ft7 kJ

1 ft3 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Tanjung Aru beach 3, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	15, too small	2 ft6 smushy	17kJ	wind from the south, 2 knots	30°C
Mon 19Oct	9, too small	1 ft6 smushy	9kJ	wind from the north-west, 3 knots	29°C
Tue 20Oct	9, too small	1 ft6 smushy	8kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots	29°C
Wed 21Oct	7, too small	1 ft6 smushy	7kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	29°C
Thu 22Oct	7, too small	1 ft3 smushy	3kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	30°C
Fri 23Oct	7, too small	1 ft3 smushy	3kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots	29°C
Sat 24Oct	15, too small	2 ft5 smushy	12kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	29°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Tanjung Aru, 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).

Places to eat near Tanjung Aru

Ikan Bakar SabahSeafood · 0.6 km from the centre
Restoran Joho LamaMalaysian · 0.8 km from the centre
Super Ayam PenyetChicken · 1.3 km from the centre
Breeze Beach ClubCaribbean · 1.4 km from the centre
Silk GardenChinese · 1.4 km from the centre
Shang PalaceChinese · 1.5 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

Tanjung Aru, Malaysia

About Tanjung Aru

Staying in Tanjung Aru

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Where it is

Surf within 20 km

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