Wairoa, New Zealand

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Wairoa
Wairoa, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Steffen Sledz ( Zone42 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Wairoa

Wairoa is a town in Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand. From Wairoa you can reach 1 surf spot and 1 sailing spot. The nearest is Wairoa River Barr, a surf spot 3.1 km from the centre. Overture lists 5 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is GIS, 65 km away.

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Staying in Wairoa

  • 5 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: GIS, 65 km, NPE, 66 km, TUO, 118 km

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Where it is

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 Wairoa.

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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.

Surf spots within 20 km of Wairoa: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Wairoa River Barr3.1 kmabout 5 min by car6 ft454 kJwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots, fair5 ft457 kJwind from the south, 6 knots, fair5 ft428 kJwind from the south-west, 3 knots, too small4 ft281 kJwind from the east-south-east, 2 knots, too small3 ft112 kJwind from the south-south-west, 1 knot, too small5 ft372 kJwind from the north-west, 10 knots, offshore, fair3 ft176 kJwind from the east-north-east, 0 knots, too small
All readings for Wairoa River Barr: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Wairoa River Barr, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct46, fair6 ft9 ssoft454kJwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots17°C
Tue 20Oct37, fair5 ft9 smushy457kJwind from the south, 6 knots15°C
Wed 21Oct35, too small5 ft9 ssoft428kJwind from the south-west, 3 knots16°C
Thu 22Oct28, too small4 ft9 ssoft281kJwind from the east-south-east, 2 knots22°C
Fri 23Oct19, too small3 ft8 smushy112kJwind from the south-south-west, 1 knot18°C
Sat 24Oct37, fair5 ft10 ssoft372kJwind from the north-west, 10 knots, offshore25°C
Sun 25Oct19, too small3 ft9 ssoft176kJwind from the east-north-east, 0 knots18°C

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

Sailing near Wairoa

Places to eat near Wairoa

  • Ponderosa Fish and ChipsFish and chips · 2.0 km from the centre
  • Robbie's Dairy and Takeaways1.9 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