Fiji in June

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Fiji in June

Post by Beanpole » Wed Nov 23, 2016 7:01 pm

Going over to Fiji in June next year for a wedding. It's on at the Sofitel. I've never paid that much attention to the specifics over there. Just general impressions of the surf I.e. Short and grinding over reefs except for the premier spots. Any advice re: scoring a few waves after the festivities.
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Re: Fiji in June

Post by Beanpole » Wed Nov 23, 2016 9:45 pm

Thanks Salty.
June is pretty good wind wise?
Haven't really checked out exactly where the resort is.
After having a look....Namotu is a possibility I think.
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Re: Fiji in June

Post by foamy » Thu Nov 24, 2016 6:17 pm

I think Adrenalin Fiji run day trips to Cloudbreak from the Sofitel resort.

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Re: Fiji in June

Post by Beanpole » Thu Nov 24, 2016 8:36 pm

Yes...really chasing the most gnarly world class people munchers at 60...,,,not.
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Re: Fiji in June

Post by Yuke Hunt » Fri Nov 25, 2016 8:55 am

Beanpole wrote:Yes...really chasing the most gnarly world class people munchers at 60...,,,not.
Take Iggy with you, he has experience in scraping kooks of reefs.

Hang on that was Coops, not Kooks.
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Re: Fiji in June

Post by Drailed » Fri Nov 25, 2016 3:17 pm

Wilkes, Cloudbreak, swimming pools (very easy) but kinda fun, restaurants - all within the same area and you are in peak season for it. Restaurants prob the gnarliest in my opinion, so shallow and quick.

Have a dig at cloudbreak, its not that much of a monster under 4ft... so many different waves depending on where you take off etc.. its an amazing thing. Namotu is fccckng shit unless everywhere is maxed out, we surfed it and there were some absolute mountians of water coming through and it still wasn't that intimidating.. it's more of a SUP wave.
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Re: Fiji in June

Post by Beanpole » Fri Nov 25, 2016 10:09 pm

Cheers, loofy. Useful info.
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Re: Fiji in June

Post by brendo » Mon Nov 28, 2016 6:00 pm

WSL is over there generally early june

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Re: Fiji in June

Post by Beanpole » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:06 pm

So chance of a Wildcard?
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Re: Fiji in June

Post by Yuke Hunt » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:11 pm

Beanpole wrote:So chance of a Wildcard?
What about a Wildtard ?
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Re: Fiji in June

Post by Beanpole » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:19 pm

:lol: definitely more likely.
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Re: Fiji in June

Post by shaunmorrison » Tue Nov 29, 2016 3:07 pm

Whats Frigates like?

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Re: Fiji in June

Post by Drailed » Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:50 am

Miles way from where beanpole will be.
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Re: Fiji in June

Post by shaunmorrison » Wed Nov 30, 2016 2:38 pm

asking for me, so?

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Re: Fiji in June

Post by Drailed » Wed Nov 30, 2016 4:07 pm

havent been but a mate said its a good wave, pretty solid open ocean wave but manageable
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Re: Fiji in June

Post by shaunmorrison » Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:14 pm

Yeah, bit off the radar :-)

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