Mata Utu

Mata Utu: 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 beach: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Mata Utu

Season: October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September.

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 Mata Utu — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -10.47196, -138.67697. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Mata Utu

• Bay of Virgins · beach · ~1 km
• Hanavave Waterfall · waterfall · Marquesas Islands · ~4 km
• Fatu Hiva · river spot · Marquesas Islands · ~4 km
• Taiokai · viewpoint · Marquesas Islands · ~6 km
• Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix · church · Marquesas Islands · ~6 km
• Grelet · museum · Marquesas Islands · ~6 km
• Thomasset Rock · river spot · ~39 km
• Terihi · river spot · Marquesas Islands · ~65 km
• Moho Tani · river spot · Marquesas Islands · ~71 km
• Poiheao · beach · ~0 km
• Hana Puaea · beach · ~0 km
• Puhinaihe · beach · Marquesas Islands · ~1 km
• Nanifapoto · beach · ~1 km
• Nanifaoa · beach · ~1 km
• Tetio · beach · ~1 km
• Utea · beach · ~2 km
• Maiivahane · beach · Marquesas Islands · ~2 km
• Tamouutea · beach · Marquesas Islands · ~2 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Mata Utu

Other beaches & coast near Mata Utu

• Bay of Virgins · beach · ~1 km
• Plage de Koku'u · beach · Marquesas Islands · ~98 km
• Poiheao · beach · ~0 km
• Hana Puaea · beach · ~0 km
• Puhinaihe · beach · Marquesas Islands · ~1 km
• Nanifapoto · beach · ~1 km
• Nanifaoa · beach · ~1 km
• Tetio · beach · ~1 km
• Utea · beach · ~2 km
• Maiivahane · beach · Marquesas Islands · ~2 km

All beaches & coast in French Polynesia

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