Check with Qantas and Virgin for upcoming deals to Exmouth from Sydney and Melbourne. Then maybe hire a car and camper trailer or campervan. Great time of year around here for kiting but you wan't to be able to stay over in the Cape Range National park to get the most. I am still not sure was prices will be like for flights though.

still plenty of swell in september- it usually hangs around until mid october

Guys,
Thanks Exmouth sounds awesome but with both kids under 3 and the wife is not keen on the campervan thing with both the kids. We have done it before kiteboarding from Perth south, best trip I have ever done, surfed every morning and kited all arvo.

The love of my life is looking at more of a package deal, which is understandable, I suppose, with this in mind I think Fiji is looking favourite. However, looking into PNG, new caledonia and venuatu?

I was keen for the COCOs but from the East coast it is extortionate.

Thanks for all your help. If Fiji is the go where is the best spot?

I would be keen for mainly flat water as i'm only going to take my twin tip. Purely for ease of travelling.

Cheers

Dave

Dont want to hijack your thread Boyler

But the wife has organised a family holiday in Sept with a few friends, in total there are 4 families (8 adults, 8 kids). Its pretty much been the women doing all the planning, and us guys were just going with the flow. Anyway, the have done quite well....
A week snow skiing in Cardrona NZ, followed by a week in Fiji. Were going to the Mamanuca Islands, Malolo specifically, and I havent really done the research yet regarding kiting options and likely weather conditions. But can anyone advise whether the trade winds still be around late September?

Hoping to take my kiting gear, both to give snow kiting a crack at Cardrona, and then of course many awesome sessions in Fiji

Any info on Malolo for this time of year would be much appreciated.

Boyler

Just got some more details from the missus, she has booked us in for 7 nights at the Malolo Island Resort, after a couple of nights on the mainland. In our group of 4 families, all of the 8 kids are between 3 and 7 years old, and the resort has a pretty good kids club apparently. So not sure which resorts you looked at?
I dont think this resort see's a lot of kiting crew, I believe the Funk Fish further south and the resorts on Malolo Lailai are where most kiters head to?....i could be wrong, dont know, never been there, just what I have established from searching the net to date. But this is appealing to me, as I would rather be away from the crowds, and I hear it gets quite busy down Malolo Lailai.

www.google.com.au:443/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode&q=Namotu+Island+Fiji&ie=UTF8&hq&hnear=Namotu+Island&ll=-17.753428,177.17308&spn=0.064414,0.131922&t=h&z=14

Done a little bit of research so far, the resort is on the NW side of the bigger island, should be away from the majority of the kiting crowd down at Malolo Lailai (Plantation & Musket Cove) area. If not suitable to kite directly in front of the resort, then cheap island drop off's / boat taxi's available from the resort. Options then are down around the Funky Fish Resort, Walu Beach, Qalito Island etc.
Possibilities of downwinders from Funk Fish or Plantation Resorts...maybe?
This is all very preliminary, but looks promising to me

Just hope the trade winds play the game

If you're into waves, September is a good time of year to be a kitesurfer in Indo!
Cheep & family friendly too.

Very interested, Can you tell me more about:

Places to go?,
Accommodation Standard, (Basic to Resort is Good)
Size Kites, (85 kg intermediate kiter) 2011 Rebels?
Waves?
Costs? (Cheap or reasonable is good)
Airlines? Bus? Jeepne?
or any pieces of useful information.
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i went to aitutaki last year. sounds like what your after.......flat water...stunning place....great for kids (mine are 5)