Hey guys,
I'm going to Mana Island in Fiji at the end of the month for a family holiday. I can sneak 2 kites and one board along. Because its a family holiday i wont be looking to milk everysingle wind opportunity. I'll go for a kite if the conditions are good. If not wont bother kiting.
So its time to start thinking about kite selection. I've found windfinder has a forecast for Mana.
www.windfinder.com/forecast/fiji_mana_island?utm_source=www.windfinder.com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=redirect
Obviously what i'll do is make my selection based on the forecast before I go.
My question really is this. Does wind finder give an accurate wind reading for Fiji? Is there a better more accurate forecast?
Do I need to add a seabrease to these figures?
Based on what I have seen so far i'm thinking 13m and 10m. Conditions look to be between 15-20 knots on a good day? The good wind comes from SE.
Any other advice greatly appreciated.
Hey Plummet, just got back from there a couple of weeks ago, though i was over the other side of the island. A 13m and 10m is fine and the good wind is SE, If you get a southerly it might be best to wear a wetsuit, the wind forecasts are not really accurate at all, best to look at charts and even then apparently they are hand done and not done with computers, No seabreeze either the land mass isnt big enough, just your regular old trade winds. Its either windy or its not basically. Though there are far more experienced people on here that could answer your question i thought id add my two cents.
I was hoping to get away with out a wet suit. What temps are we talking during a southerly?
You could do without it, i didnt wear one except for one day, but the people that did were defiantly a lot warmer than me, kiting in NZ im sure youll find it warm and nice
