cloudbreak

CLOUDBREAK

“When Cloudbreak is big and clean, it is one of the best big waves anywhere”

– Kelly Slater

Location/Accessibility Cloudbreak is located almost a mile south

of the small Fijian island of Tavarua Accessed by flying into Nadi, Fiji on main

island Approximately $1,700 roundtrip from

Philly using Quantas and US Airways

Weather Fiji is located in tropic of Capricorn Winter Air: 84 degrees, Water: 75 degrees Summer Air: 88 degrees, Water : 85

degrees Cyclone Season- Nov - April

About Fiji Local Vibe – actually have a good wave-

sharing vibe, catch a wave, go to the end of the line and wait your turn

Cost of Living – to stay in Tavarua, it cost a pretty penny, but worth the price for the 10 on the Perfect-o-Meter; but there are cheaper places to stay on the main island

Infrastructure – Tourism is controlled by the gov.t, Tavarua only will allow 36 visitors on the island; those 36 pay almost $400 a day for their stay. Tourism law constantly debated there

History Fiji has about 330 island, only 110 inhabited British used land when found in the 17th

century to produce sugarcane Fiji gain it’s independence in 1970 and have a

republic gov.t Cloudbreak used to be owned by a surf resort

in Tavarua July, 1st 2010 marked the first day of public

surf Free to anyone who can get a boat to go out

there or has super-strong swimming ablilities

About the Wave Very fast left over shallow coral reef Works at all tides Best swell direction: South, South-West Best wind: South East (trade winds)

Seasons Great all year round Best in Winter months (Nov- April) Rain and humidity factor in summer World tour event was always in May

Wave Models

July 2011 Slater ditched Billabong Pro @ Jeffrey’s

Bay for some epic swell at Cloudbreak Airport :30, Surf 3:00 Top 3 of life for Bruce “It’s the biggest, most perfect dream

session you could ever imagine” – Nathan Fletcher

Conditions -

Volcom Fiji Pro 2012 Volcom and the ASP announced the

return of this event to Fiji for 2012 – 2014 World-class surfers + world-class waves = an EPIC eventIntro to 2008Final: Slater v Hobgood 1:40

Sources www.surfline.com http://www.awasht.com/2011/07/fanny-

vids-cinco-fiji-cloudbreak-holy-dooly/ www.globalsurfers.com/fiji www.stabmag.com/jed/the-circus-comes-

to-fiji/ www.volcom.com www.infoplease.com