{"id":4343,"date":"2016-09-18T19:11:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T19:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/?p=4343"},"modified":"2016-10-03T20:27:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T20:27:53","slug":"surfin-safari-cloudbreak-fiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/?p=4343","title":{"rendered":"Surfin’ Safari – ‘Cloudbreak’ Fiji"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"img_1686\"They call it the Nirvana of surfing \u2013 the world-famous \u2018Cloudbreak\u2019, apparently one of the 10 most challenging left-hand surf breaks in the world, and which on its\u2019 biggest days can undo the best of the best. We\u2019d heard about it (it\u2019s impossible not to, there\u2019s even a \u2018Cloudbreak\u2019 store in Denarau selling all manner of souvenirs and the inevitable T-shirts bragging of survival), we\u2019d got within coo-ee of it when we went out to Namotu Island, but being well past any chance of mixing it with the surfer dudes we weren\u2019t expecting to get up close and personal with the mighty break itself.<\/p>\n

That is, until we discovered that to get around to the south coast of Viti Levu we had to get through the reef \u2013 which happened to be the pass right next to Cloudbreak. Woohoo, let\u2019s go check it out! It was a beautiful morning with not much wind so we motored slowly past, awestruck by this break even on a quiet day. Knowing the reef is so shallow here makes it even more scary \u2013 a friend of a friend had to be recently airlifted to Brisbane after coming a cropper on the reef. It\u2019s definitely not for the faint-hearted or the inexperienced. Here\u2019s some shots we took while passing through:<\/p>\n

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They call it the Nirvana of surfing \u2013 the world-famous \u2018Cloudbreak\u2019, apparently one of the 10 most challenging left-hand surf breaks in the world, and which on its\u2019 biggest days can undo the best of the best. We\u2019d heard about it (it\u2019s impossible not to, there\u2019s even a \u2018Cloudbreak\u2019 store in Denarau selling all manner … <\/p>\n

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