Hey I am heading to Fiji in October with Wife & 3 Kids. I want to get some SUP Time in. I will need to rent a board and find some surf spots.I am an Intermediate Surper. Any advice welcome (and no i can't leave em all at home...lol !!)

Hey Reddog- I think Coral Coast. Do you know how long that is from Airport. Youngest Kid is 2 and dont think she will handle too much travel

Hi Rocker
the beach house on the coral coast is my favourite and my family loved it

yeah.... coral coast is great for family!....
been over their a couple of times with family,,,,,we stayed at the shangri-la resort just last year...its great for the kids !..i,ve heard the beach house is great too!...it depends what part of coral coast youre at but its usually around 1 to 2 hrs from airport...worth it though, u dont want to be stuck at a resort near nadi......(thats my personal opinion anyway)
i hired my SUP over there through Walu watersports.....but to be honest the boards are really old Naish ones and not ideal for surfing!...although the my little kid loved the one with the glass window, he spotted fish while i paddled!..lol
id take Blackdmnd,s advice and maybe hire boards from there!

anyway..its Fiji mate......youll enjoy no matter what!

i was told it had to be under 9ft.....but that was with air pacific !!!!!

how was samoa TWs???????
get any good waves over there and would u recommend it?

+2 on the Beachouse www.fijibeachouse.com/ it's half way between Nadi & Suva on the Coral Coast about 1-1/2 drive from the airport , such a cool beautiful place. Fantastic family place with surf straight out front , super sup friendly. The owner Andrew Brown is really into Sups he has boards their to hire , plenty of boats to take you to other surf spots.

Re the boards Air Pacific charge $50 each way per oversize bag so put your paddle inside the board bag , pretty sure you can take almost 10ft board. Virgin is the other option cannot recommend Crapstar.

This is some of my pics...

Am looking for the next holiday location, we now have a new member, so the days of 2 of us heading off without a thought in the world are gone. Have been thinking about Fiji & the coral coast, Wife not a surfer, loves flat water SUP & snorkelling, so Fiji looks great.

Got friends heading to Tonga in Sept to check out surf, SUP, etc

Ill start looking for the deals, are they on the airline web site?

Yep can vouch for Fiji,
Plenty of options either mainland or islands. You will have a great time no matter what you do.
And yes boards are available for hire over there. SUP does not yet seem to be "fully engrained" over there... Yet!
Been twice and stayed in the Mamanuca islands both times. Loved it!
Hired from lisa at Walu watersports, basic and older boards but still does the job!
Mottman