Akaroa, New Zealand
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About Akaroa
Akaroa is a town in Canterbury Region, New Zealand. From Akaroa you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is Tumble Down Bay, a surf spot 2.7 km from the centre. The nearest airport is CHC, 54 km away.
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Staying in Akaroa
- 0 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: CHC, 54 km, TIU, 150 km, HKK, 205 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 Akaroa.
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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. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Akaroa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumble Down Bay2.7 kmabout 5 min by car | 7 ft884 kJwind from the south-south-east, 5 knots, offshore, good | 6 ft606 kJwind from the north-north-east, 2 knots, fair | 5 ft291 kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots, offshore, too small | 3 ft112 kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots, too small | 4 ft126 kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, too small | 5 ft398 kJwind from the south, 3 knots, too small | 3 ft219 kJwind from the north-west, 2 knots, too small |
All readings for Tumble Down Bay: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
| Hickory Bay12.3 kmabout 25 min by car | 7 ft768 kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots, good | 5 ft455 kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, offshore, fair | 4 ft235 kJwind from the east, 2 knots, too small | 3 ft142 kJwind from the west-north-west, 0 knots, offshore, too small | 4 ft222 kJwind from the north-north-west, 8 knots, offshore, too small | 5 ft326 kJwind from the east-south-east, 2 knots, too small | 3 ft236 kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot, too small |
All readings for Hickory Bay: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Akaroa, 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).