Start from 26 curated places around Coffs Harbour, AU, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Latitude 30 Restaurant
A seafood-forward restaurant at the Coffs Harbour International Marina with panoramic harbour views toward Muttonbird Island and the open Pacific. Recently renovated, the deck tables with direct water outlook are the best restaurant views in Coffs Harbour. The fish sourced from boats at the same marina - Dorrigo sirloin and local catch on the same menu - suits both long lunches and evening dinners.
Bistro Vue Coffs Harbour
A 2026 addition to the Jetty Strip from a chef with senior Aria and Flying Fish experience - an art deco-inspired intimate room serving modern European-influenced plates: panko-herb prawns, fresh oysters with champagne granita, seasonal mains executed with Sydney-level technique. Rated 4.8 on TripAdvisor from its first year of reviews, which is an unusual achievement for a regional NSW opening.
Trails & outdoors
Muttonbird Island Walk
A 1.3-kilometre return walk along the Coffs Harbour breakwall to Muttonbird Island - short, flat, and ending at a lookout with expansive views to South Solitary Island. The island is a protected nature reserve home to thousands of wedge-tailed shearwaters that nest in ground burrows from September to April. The same walk serves as the best free whale-watching point on the Coffs Coast from June to November.
Solitary Islands Coastal Walk
A 60-kilometre long-distance coastal trail from Red Rock to Sawtell that traverses the full length of the Solitary Islands Marine Park - beaches, headlands, rainforest pockets, and whale-watching lookouts. Most visitors walk day sections rather than the full trail; the Woolgoolga to Sawtell segment is the most accessible and varied. Whale sightings from the headlands are reliable in season.
Things to do
Whale Watching and Whale Swimming — Jetty Dive Centre
The only operator in the region offering in-water humpback whale encounters from August to September - an extraordinary experience available only during this narrow window when the migration brings whales close to shore. The standard whale-watching tours run from June to November; the swimming encounters (requiring a 200-metre swim competency) take a small group into the water within the regulated distance of the whales.
The Big Banana Amusement Park
Australia's most famous roadside attraction with a full family amusement complex built around the original 1964 fibreglass banana - water park, toboggan ride, ice skating rink, bumper cars, escape rooms and laser tag alongside the icon itself. The banana photograph is free; the rides are pay-as-you-go or bundled in various passes. One of the Coffs Coast's best wet-weather fallbacks.
Landmarks & sights
Muttonbird Island Nature Reserve
A small island at the end of the Coffs Harbour breakwall accessible by a 1.3-kilometre return walk - one of the best free half-hours on the Coffs Coast. The eastern lookout gives sweeping views to Solitary Island, and the island is home to thousands of wedge-tailed shearwaters (muttonbirds) that nest in burrows from September to April. The walk doubles as a prime whale-watching vantage point from June to November.
The Big Banana
Australia's most recognisable roadside landmark and the anchor of a larger family amusement complex - the 13-metre fibreglass banana still delivers on the absurd promise of its 1964 origins, while the surrounding complex runs a water park, toboggan ride, ice skating rink, bumper cars, escape rooms and laser tag. The banana itself is free to photograph; the rides are ticketed separately.