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Gaua north-lagoon northeast corner

Torba, Vanuatu · -14.2200, 167.5900

Wing Foiling First-hand remote candidate — approximat
Source
Air Vanuatu Twin Otter at Gaua Airport.jpg
Photo by Olivier Morice · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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guides & forecasts

conditions & access

Best wind

Accelerated trade wind at northeast corner

Water

Small remote reef lagoon; smoother at low tide

Experience

First-hand remote candidate — approximate pin and local permission required

Hazards

Remote first-hand candidate with approximate coordinates, reef-pass exposure, high-tide chop, little established foil support and a need for village permission and self-rescue planning.

“A first-hand family report documents daily wingfoil sessions for a week at the northeast corner of Gaua's north lagoon, describing regular accelerated trade wind, more chop at high tide and smoother water at low tide. The authors say these were the first wingfoils seen locally. Pin is an approximate lagoon-corner estimate because the report supplies no coordinates; this is a remote community candidate requiring village permission, reef-pass knowledge and self-rescue planning. Requested-field batch 02 verified 2026-08-01: hazards and exact-versus-nearby resource relationships were derived only from cited row sources; unresolved fields remain explicit.”

— via Saga Voyage first-hand cruising report, last verified 2026-08-01

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com 67741 — WX Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): Sola Vanua Lava (25.7 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/67741 wx.ikitesurf.com

Surf forecasts

surfline.com %40 14.22000%2C167.59000%2C12Z — Surfline Nearby coordinate-centered Surfline map (not an exact spot report): https://www.surfline.com/surf-reports-forecasts-cams-map/%40-14.22000%2C167.59000% surfline.com

Local guides

sagavoyage.com Gaua Iles Banks Vanuatu — Sagavoyage First-hand cruising report only; remote community candidate, not a professional guide — https://sagavoyage.com/2023/08/gaua-iles-banks-vanuatu/ sagavoyage.com

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