Hello all, wanted to thank "ya'll", as we say in some southern parts of the US, for the kitesurfing brotherhood, been reading your posts for years, finally signed up. Read through the posts on Fiji I could find on the forum already.
Question: got 4 days at the Wellesley on the Coral Coast of Fiji, and one week at Tavarua, trip of a lifetime coming up end of this month. Traveling with my wife (likes flat water kiting) and I am a pretty confident and obsessively addicted wave kiter. Will definitely post a full review when I get back, but wanting some input if anybody has been to the area.
At Tavarua I will have support since they boat you to the different breaks, but I found very little about the wave kiting on the Coral Coast. Ideally, I would like to connect/hire someone to guide me with wave kiting on the Coral Coast, honestly am very respectful of coral and have no desire to get shredded on it, so having a local to steer me to the right places would be really reassuring.
I live in Arizona and kite the Sea of Cortez, where I kite 10 to 30 mile downwinders in the waves are the norm, if any chance of downwinders on the Coral Coast would be wonderful, but I would not dare to do that without a guide. I saw something on the internet about Ben Wilson doing downwinders on the Coral Coast from Matanavisu next door to the Wellesley, actually the reason I am staying there.
Appreciate any input!