Anybody know if the beach off shang ri la fiji is good for kiting?. How well does the wind get into that part of the coral coast?

From google maps it looks like a lagoon for about 500m to the reef. I'm guessing the lagoon is only kiteable on a higher tide? can the reef be surfed?

...and clearly that trip was before I turned into a frothing kite addict, otherwise I would have paid more attenion

My Fiance is there right now checking out spots for our Wedding next year and also gave her strict instructions to check out the kite spots.
When she is back at the end of the week I'll let you know what I find out.
She is going to the Shangri La too, I think today. I am hoping to be able to kite there also.

kitegirl21 said...

rustan said...

Stayed at the outrigger,better place than shangri la IMO, good wind in june / july I wasn't kiting at the time but there where a few boys going hard off the beach, low tide would be dicey but there's a good sandy beach and surf 10min away Something?? dunes, cant remember there name but a huge stretch of sand

sigatoka beach/river mouth u thinking of? heaps of wind and waves there

yep .I think Shangri la is a bit off shore but you are close to Sigatoka rivermouth which is epic looking forward to getting back there in May and Aug at least

bennie said...

Thanks for the info.

I thought the main direction was SE, which would make it cross on shore at shang ri la?

Is the sigatoka rivermouth sand bottom,or reef?, and does it matter what the tide is doing?

Also the shang ri la was just an idea, any suggestions for anywhere else upmarket, good for familys with young kids, where you have good kiting right from the resort?

Might check out the outrigger

its cross off in SE(not happening).Sig mouth is No reef(sandy bottom) and low tide is actually whn Sig is at its best

Yeah thats it Sigatoga river!! We walked down from a surf club,huge beach,the locals stay a bit clear of the river mouth,sharks so they told me,little ones though.
I had a look at a number of resorts when there for next trip. Outrigger was tops,, food very pricy ( get the breaky in the deal)but you walk 300mts down the beach and there are 2-3 good cheap places to eat, fantastic pool and kids club if you have em..Warwick and the pearl also good. Hire a car cheap as>>

rustan said...

Yeah thats it Sigatoga river!! We walked down from a surf club,huge beach,the locals stay a bit clear of the river mouth,sharks so they told me,little ones though.
I had a look at a number of resorts when there for next trip. Outrigger was tops,, food very pricy ( get the breaky in the deal)but you walk 300mts down the beach and there are 2-3 good cheap places to eat, fantastic pool and kids club if you have em..Warwick and the pearl also good. Hire a car cheap as>>

Yeah had a look at the outrigger online, it looks like it could be the one.

Mr float said...

kitegirl21 said...

rustan said...

Stayed at the outrigger,better place than shangri la IMO, good wind in june / july I wasn't kiting at the time but there where a few boys going hard off the beach, low tide would be dicey but there's a good sandy beach and surf 10min away Something?? dunes, cant remember there name but a huge stretch of sand

sigatoka beach/river mouth u thinking of? heaps of wind and waves there

yep .I think Shangri la is a bit off shore but you are close to Sigatoka rivermouth which is epic looking forward to getting back there in May and Aug at least

wheres my invite lach??

Im heading to the warwick on friday, ill let you know!!

bennie said...

Mr float said...

bennie said...

rustan said...

Yeah thats it Sigatoga river!! We walked down from a surf club,huge beach,the locals stay a bit clear of the river mouth,sharks so they told me,little ones though.
I had a look at a number of resorts when there for next trip. Outrigger was tops,, food very pricy ( get the breaky in the deal)but you walk 300mts down the beach and there are 2-3 good cheap places to eat, fantastic pool and kids club if you have em..Warwick and the pearl also good. Hire a car cheap as>>

Yeah had a look at the outrigger online, it looks like it could be the one.

If you want to save a spitload and stay at a nice place with kiting right out the front on Cols break then I can recommend Beachouse backpackers .Tell em I sent you. if its a bit too offshore then get harry to take you down to Siga (40 mins) .have a look in the old threads for the hookups last year. Don't let the backpackers tag put you off .its very clean and the garden bures are quite nice .They are fine with kids and lots of local kids for the ruggies to play with .

Thanks mate, I'll check it out. what sort of kiting is off this beach, only flat water lagoon or is there waves too? And is this a better spot to kite than the beach at siga?

Kiting is lagoon out front and reef break waves .The wind is very side shore and in our experience wasn't epic right out the front but things improve if you head out further and go upwind to Cols point (the point to the east of the beachouse)
Whats good is that its right there .Siga involves a bit of a drive and a walk across the dunes and if ur the only one out there and something goes wrong no one will no about it .
on the other hand Siga gets great wind and tide doesn't matter .Tide does matter at the beachouse particularly if there are big differences between low and high (the low is super low and there is no water at all on the reef )

Mr float said...

Kiting is lagoon out front and reef break waves .The wind is very side shore and in our experience wasn't epic right out the front but things improve if you head out further and go upwind to Cols point (the point to the east of the beachouse)

You settin' these guys up for a fall Lach? You didn't mention that Col's a big orible & evil bastard an' 'e don't like sharing his break wiff noone![}:)]
And you better be there for the August trip Holly or I'll come round to Fredsville & box your ears as well !
Col