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Best Time to Surf Cloudbreak

Tavarua, Fiji

Cloudbreak is a surf break in Tavarua, Fiji, and this page shows the time of year when it usually gets the most surf. The figures are three years of offshore wave data, 2022 to 2024, averaged month by month at the nearest offshore point. The peak surf season at Cloudbreak is May & Jul, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.

Peak surf season: May & Jul.

Based on the 3-year average offshore wave height, 2022–2024.

Best time to visit

3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024

Peak surf season:MayJul
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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 5.8ft average swell at 9 s from the SW.
Feb: 6.2ft average swell at 9.1 s from the SSW.
Mar: 6.1ft average swell at 9.7 s from the S.
Apr: 5.8ft average swell at 10.4 s from the SSW.
May: 6.7ft average swell at 9.9 s from the S.
Jun: 6.0ft average swell at 9.8 s from the S.
Jul: 6.7ft average swell at 9.5 s from the SSW.
Aug: 6.1ft average swell at 9.2 s from the S.
Sep: 6.1ft average swell at 9.8 s from the S.
Oct: 6.1ft average swell at 9.5 s from the S.
Nov: 5.4ft average swell at 9.7 s from the SSW.
Dec: 5.2ft average swell at 9.1 s from the S.

Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at -18.0°, 177.0°.

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