Waitada Lake

Waitada Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Waitada Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Waitada Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -8.18333, 148.15000. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Waitada Lake

• Black Rocky Point · beach · Oro · ~2 km
• Robinson Bay · beach · Oro · ~5 km
• Red Rocky Point · beach · Oro · ~6 km
• Lake Koena · lake · Oro · ~11 km
• Caution Point · beach · Oro · ~14 km
• Lake Papoto · lake · Oro · ~15 km
• Cape Ward Hunt · beach · Oro · ~17 km
• Iu Bay · beach · Oro · ~18 km
• Ambush Point · beach · Oro · ~23 km
• Dead Mangrove Point · beach · Oro · ~27 km
• Mambare Bay · beach · Oro · ~31 km
• Kumusi Point · beach · Oro · ~39 km
• Alligator Point · beach · Morobe · ~52 km
• Holnicote Bay · beach · Oro · ~53 km
• Mount Green · viewpoint · Oro · ~57 km
• Cape Killerton · beach · Oro · ~66 km
• Tauwara Island · river spot · Morobe · ~69 km
• Hercules Bay · beach · Morobe · ~71 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Waitada Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Waitada Lake

• Lake Koena · lake · Oro · ~11 km
• Lake Papoto · lake · Oro · ~15 km
• Lake Inlet · lake · Morobe · ~77 km
• Sappa Lagoon · lake · Morobe · ~91 km
• Big Embi · lake · Oro · ~92 km
• Embi Lakes · lake · Oro · ~93 km
• Lake Dawai · lake · Oro · ~17 km
• Gewa Lagoon · lake · Oro · ~22 km
• Little Embi · lake · Oro · ~92 km
• East Embi · lake · Oro · ~93 km

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