Timaru-Stafford.St — Timaru, the nearest town, 5 km away. Photo: Thomei08, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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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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 Timaru.

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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.

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: Intermediate

Spot

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Patiti4.9 kmabout 10 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft67 kJ

2 ft51 kJ

2 ft68 kJ

2 ft48 kJ

1 ft16 kJ

2 ft60 kJ

2 ft43 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Patiti, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	33, too small	3 ft7 smushy	67kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	14°C
Mon 19Oct	23, too small	2 ft7 smushy	51kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, offshore	15°C
Tue 20Oct	22, too small	2 ft8 smushy	68kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 10 knots	15°C
Wed 21Oct	17, too small	2 ft7 smushy	48kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots	15°C
Thu 22Oct	12, too small	1 ft7 smushy	16kJ	wind from the north-west, 9 knots, offshore	20°C
Fri 23Oct	19, too small	2 ft9 ssoft	60kJ	wind from the north-west, 15 knots, offshore	21°C
Sat 24Oct	14, too small	2 ft8 smushy	43kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 6 knots	16°C

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

Timaru, New Zealand