Looking to take a holiday somewhere warm this winter, and hopefully do a bit of windsurfing as well. We (myself - intermediate level, and partner - beginner) have been trying to find out if Vanuatu would be a good place as it's a) near-ish and b) not Bali. However, despite e-mailing numerous hotels / resorts etc, all we can glean is that there might be some windsurf equipment about, but who owns it, whether it's for hire, what type of equipment it is etc remains a mystery.

So hopefully someone on here can give us some better advice. Can anyone shed some light on what's there, whether hire equipment is freely available etc. Or are there other places to go in winter that would fit the bill for a beginner & intermediate?

Many thanks for any help.

Haircut is right - go to New Caledonia.
Warm, windy & has hire gear

Just search New Cal here

I went to Santo, Vanuatu last year and borrowed some gear for a few days. Very good wind and a beautiful place to sail. I checked in to getting gear over there with Air Vanuatu. They have length restrictions of 2 metres on baggage. Your best bet is to go to Noumea, New Caledonia. Go to Anse Vata beach, there are quite a few hire places with the latest gear. They are having the PWA there in November this year.

Thanks guys

Looks like a slight change of destination is required - New Caledonia it is!!

Yuppy said..

Roar said..

If you havent been to Maui yet do so - check out Vela windsufing holidays - they do packages for all the major wind spots around the world and will include accom / car / gear hire all in a single package.

Vela work with matt prichard in maui and Baja, mexico to do the wave courses.
velaresorts.com/index.php

Hey roar

Have you been to matt pritchard's wave clinic in baja?

What was it like?

Not roar, but I did the course with Matt Pritchard at PSC in 2010. Totally took my wavesailing up a notch, best thing I could have done to progress.