Timaru, New Zealand
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About Timaru
Timaru is a town in Canterbury Region, New Zealand. From Timaru you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Patiti, a surf spot 4.9 km from the centre. Overture lists 18 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is TIU, 9 km away.
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Staying in Timaru
- 18 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: TIU, 9 km, CHC, 144 km, WKA, 162 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 Timaru.
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patiti4.9 kmabout 10 min by car | 3 ft67 kJwind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, too small | 2 ft51 kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots, offshore, too small | 3 ft80 kJwind from the north-north-east, 7 knots, too small | 2 ft48 kJwind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, too small | 1 ft16 kJwind from the north-west, 6 knots, offshore, too small | 2 ft60 kJwind from the north-north-east, 12 knots, too small | 2 ft43 kJwind from the south-south-west, 1 knot, too small |
All readings for Patiti: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Timaru, 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 Timaru
- Burger BoysBurger · 0.5 km from the centre
- Domino's Pizza TimaruPizza · 0.6 km from the centre
- KFC TimaruChicken · 0.6 km from the centre
- Koji Japanese RestaurantJapanese · 0.6 km from the centre
- Tandoori King Indian RestaurantIndian · 0.6 km from the centre
- Kam WahChinese · 0.9 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