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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–Jun · highs 10–22 °C (50–72 °F)
- J22°12°50
- F22°12°57
- M20°10°76
- A17°8°65
- M13°5°75
- J10°3°84
- J9°2°95
- A11°3°88
- S14°5°62
- O16°7°78
- N18°9°69
- D20°11°55
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
private walk at the coast of Kaikoura
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 37 km · 23 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Hawkswood Range (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 39 km SW of Kaikoura (Kaikoura District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Aug–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- kaikouracoasttrack
- Operator (OSM)
- Sally and David Handyside
- From / to
- Ngaroma Farm → Ngaroma Farm
- Route centre
- -42.6479, 173.3903
- Route start
- -42.6516, 173.3272
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 1999648
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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