Tanjung Aru, Malaysia
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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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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 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 expert 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 | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nexus west end18.8 kmabout 35 min by car | 2 ft16 kJwind from the south-south-west, 8 knots, offshore, poor | 1 ft11 kJwind from the south, 6 knots, offshore, poor | 1 ft11 kJwind from the south, 8 knots, offshore, poor | 1 ft4 kJwind from the south-west, 7 knots, offshore, poor | 1 ft8 kJwind from the south-south-west, 11 knots, offshore, poor | 3 ft86 kJwind from the south-south-west, 9 knots, offshore, poor | 2 ft72 kJwind from the south, 5 knots, offshore, poor |
All readings for Nexus west end: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
| Nexus19 kmabout 35 min by car | 2 ft18 kJwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots, too small | 1 ft13 kJwind from the south, 6 knots, offshore, too small | 1 ft12 kJwind from the south, 8 knots, offshore, too small | 1 ft10 kJwind from the south-south-west, 9 knots, offshore, too small | 1 ft8 kJwind from the south, 9 knots, offshore, too small | 3 ft100 kJwind from the south-south-west, 9 knots, offshore, too small | 3 ft89 kJwind from the south, 5 knots, offshore, too small |
All readings for Nexus: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
| Tanjung Aru beach 32.4 kmabout 5 min by car | 1 ft12 kJwind from the west-north-west, 2 knots, too small | 1 ft9 kJwind from the south, 5 knots, too small | 1 ft8 kJwind from the south, 4 knots, too small | 1 ft2 kJwind from the south, 7 knots, too small | 1 ft5 kJwind from the south, 8 knots, too small | 2 ft57 kJwind from the south, 7 knots, too small | 2 ft60 kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots, too small |
All readings for Tanjung Aru beach 3: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
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