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Papenoo River mouth → Hitimahana Beach SUP foil route

Tahiti, French Polynesia · -17.5059, -149.4578

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Water

Open-ocean downwind route

Experience

Event route; organize safety and local logistics

Hazards

Open-ocean event route represented by a midpoint. Confirm the river-mouth start and beach landing, reef/shorebreak, current, trade-wind continuity, marine traffic, bailout, tracking, escort/rescue and shuttle before any independent run.

“2024 Monster Energy Wind Festival began with a downwind SUP foil race from the Papenoo river mouth to Hitimahana Beach. Pin is approximate route midpoint. Requested-field batch 06 verified 2026-08-01: exact, nearby, area-pin and route-endpoint relationships are explicit; unresolved items remain Unknown.”

— via Tahiti Nui Télévision event report; Requested-field research, last verified 2026-08-01

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com Māhina (1.56 mi) Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): Māhina (1.56 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/593317 wx.ikitesurf.com

Surf forecasts

surfline.com Papenoo River mouth → Hitimahana Beach SUP foil route Nearby coordinate-centered Surfline map (not an exact spot report): https://www.surfline.com/surf-reports-forecasts-cams-map/%40-17.50590%2C-149.45780 surfline.com

Local guides

tntvnews.pf Papenoo River mouth → Hitimahana Beach SUP foil route Exact source guide/evidence for Papenoo River mouth → Hitimahana Beach SUP foil route: https://www.tntvnews.pf/sports/60-riders-ont-fait-le-show-a-hit tntvnews.pf

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