Weekend at Cloudbreak
This last weekend I went on a surf trip with Tim and two of his friends. We stayed with a friend that Tim had made who owned a resort the Beach house, which is on the coral coast. I was closed at the moment due to renovations however we were allowed to stay. It was a sweet experience being the only people in a huge resort. From the Beach house we did several day trips to go surfing. The first couple of day we went to Sigatoka which I have already told you about; didn’t see any sharks but is was always in the back of my mind and made surfing there not really enjoyable. It was fun doing missions there getting up at five o’clock and bussing it there with all the locals going of to work.
The real experience was surfing Cloudbreak the most famous wave in Fiji if not in the world. It is where the pro surfing events are held and a very elite wave. To surf it you have to stay at the Tavarua Resort for a minimum of seven days at a cost of $200 US a night. There is a change over period when the guest leave and the new ones come in which happens on Saturday morning. In this time they allow the general public to surf Cloudbreak in this four-hour window but still at a cost and a quite large one mind you.
On Saturday we arose at 3.30am for the three-hour mini van drive to where the boat was arrange to pick us up. The picked us up at 6.30 and after a 45min ride we arrived at the island of Tavarua. Upon arriving we are told that we can’t use any of the facilities or even venture of the beach to look around. The most elitist place I have ever been. We waited till about 8 o’clock for some other people to arrive who were going to surf the wave as well before we caught the boat out to the wave. There were about 10 people in all; most just like us stoked to get the chance to surf this famous wave and without this window period would never be able to let alone being able to afford to stay on the island.
The surfing was awesome. One of the best waves I have ever surfed. Having said that I think that Australia has plenty of waves that are just as good and it has made me realize how good it is in Australia. Made me miss home heaps this week. Though I think having a chance to surf this wave this weekend has given me the energy to get through till I go home. In the four-hour period we got to surf I think I caught about 50 waves. It was so fun even managed to get a couple of really sick barrels. Everyone out there seemed to have a great time. At about 12.30 we left and on going back to the island we passed the next lot of people staying on the island going out to surf. There is some thing really wrong when someone has control over a wave and exploits like they do. It is the only wave in the world like this. There was about two hours in the morning when no one was surfing it but because they own it you can’t go out. The locals can’t even surf it. However it was a great experience and one I will never forget.
The real experience was surfing Cloudbreak the most famous wave in Fiji if not in the world. It is where the pro surfing events are held and a very elite wave. To surf it you have to stay at the Tavarua Resort for a minimum of seven days at a cost of $200 US a night. There is a change over period when the guest leave and the new ones come in which happens on Saturday morning. In this time they allow the general public to surf Cloudbreak in this four-hour window but still at a cost and a quite large one mind you.
On Saturday we arose at 3.30am for the three-hour mini van drive to where the boat was arrange to pick us up. The picked us up at 6.30 and after a 45min ride we arrived at the island of Tavarua. Upon arriving we are told that we can’t use any of the facilities or even venture of the beach to look around. The most elitist place I have ever been. We waited till about 8 o’clock for some other people to arrive who were going to surf the wave as well before we caught the boat out to the wave. There were about 10 people in all; most just like us stoked to get the chance to surf this famous wave and without this window period would never be able to let alone being able to afford to stay on the island.
The surfing was awesome. One of the best waves I have ever surfed. Having said that I think that Australia has plenty of waves that are just as good and it has made me realize how good it is in Australia. Made me miss home heaps this week. Though I think having a chance to surf this wave this weekend has given me the energy to get through till I go home. In the four-hour period we got to surf I think I caught about 50 waves. It was so fun even managed to get a couple of really sick barrels. Everyone out there seemed to have a great time. At about 12.30 we left and on going back to the island we passed the next lot of people staying on the island going out to surf. There is some thing really wrong when someone has control over a wave and exploits like they do. It is the only wave in the world like this. There was about two hours in the morning when no one was surfing it but because they own it you can’t go out. The locals can’t even surf it. However it was a great experience and one I will never forget.
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