Vatulele Reef, Fiji

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Korolevu, 45 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: NAN (NAN), 96 km.

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About Vatulele Reef

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SW (205°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (25°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 3). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hard and thick, like a slab. The sea is about 26°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February and March, with about 2 good days in 7; in August, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Korolevu, 45 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: NAN (NAN), 96 km.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 24 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to NAN, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
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No stay checked for this site yet: Korolevu, 45 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: NAN (NAN), 96 km.
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Forecast

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Vatulele Reef, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	20, poor	6 ft10 sslab	735kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	14, poor	7 ft9 sslab	669kJ	wind from the south-east, 18 knots	23°C
Tue 20Oct	25, poor	7 ft8 sslab	580kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	23°C
Wed 21Oct	16, too small	6 ft7 sslab	287kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 20 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	14, too small	5 ft7 sslab	241kJ	wind from the east, 21 knots	24°C
Fri 23Oct	8, too small	4 ft7 shollow	123kJ	wind from the east, 20 knots	24°C
Sat 24Oct	6, too small	3 ft6 shollow	86kJ	wind from the east, 21 knots	24°C
Sun 25Oct	5, too small	2 ft14 shollow	170kJ	wind from the east, 21 knots	24°C
Mon 26Oct	8, too small	2 ft13 shollow	194kJ	wind from the east, 19 knots	24°C
Tue 27Oct	10, too small	3 ft13 shollow	255kJ	wind from the east, 18 knots	24°C
Wed 28Oct	8, too small	2 ft12 shollow	140kJ	wind from the east, 17 knots	24°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly MDW to NAN, changing at LAX, then 2h by road. About 24h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 29 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 17 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 15 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to NAN, changing at LAX, then 2h by road. About 24h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £990–£1,950 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return MDW to NAN, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£665–£1,375
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£990–£1,950

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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