Anyone been ?
Lots of quality surf breaks... just wondering if there is any wind ?

hey buddy... are you getting any of my emails?

on a different note... I remember an article in a German windsurf mag from years back... they mentioned that the wind mostly is in the 10-15 knts range unless they get hit by a Cyclone.

Given that it's on the same latitude as Indo and Peru/ Southern Equador the mag could be right with it's assumptions... of course there is always the possibility of a Gerroa like funnel airing a reef somewhere along the coast...

ive heard good things

Depends where north or south and time of year!

The southern coast gets a relentless trade wind in winter 20 to over 30 knots SE and slants to E but more common later in the season but you will need a boat to get to the best spots and its flat hot and windless in summer.

The north coast gets better waves in summer but little wind good for surfing and its flat in winter.

Its also very expensive to fly there, it would be comparable to fly to maui.

I personly would only travel there by yacht that way you have the freedom to explore the best reef passes and lagoons and the remote villages where the locals are freindly.

PNG for me is one of the most exciting places on earth for it is still a taboo for most to travel there except for the namadix and adventurous.

Was there a few years ago but with no gear.
Saw a couple of spots that got me thinking and spoke to a couple of local surfers.
GaryK is right on the money regarding boat access being the only way to get to decent waves.
There's a couple of surf charter boats now operating out of PNG (catamarans) with what looks like enough room to rig up off the bow.

Has anyone done a surf trip out that way ?
Would be great to get a first hand account of the set up and wind strength and direction/s.

Pretty sure there would be waves out off PNG that no one... and i mean NO ONE, has ever surfed or sailed... and that's a rarity in this day and age, not to mention pretty damn appealing !

Time of year would be our winter... and there's some pretty cheap flights available depending on where you depart Australia from

I guy I work with used to live and work in Port Moresby.
From May to Sept is the Laura Bada season which gets the trade winds of about 20-30 knots most days from around 11am till 5pm.
The wind direction is s/e.
In port moresby there is Ela beach which is slalom/ bump and jump.
About 60 kms s/e of there is Gaire(black beach)which is slalom.
100 kms s/e is Hula which has waves.
Nov to feb is monsoon season which has fluky n/w winds.
It was about 20 yrs ago that he lived there and there was a big club movement in png but not sure about now. Security was a bit of a concern too and accom expensive.
There used to be an event in port moreby called the mazda dash which was a race offshore about 14kms long and had big turnouts.

Met a couple of guys who had been sailing around the Louisade Archipelago looking for surf. They found great waves and consistant trades.
Anyone wanna go shares in a 50ft Catamaran?

Hi windwarrior

Just came across your post

Years ago there used to be an annual thing in Moresby called "The New Guinea Cup" in which the sailboarders would try to take line honours against fast cattamarans and then general racing

A group of us went up one year ( some had previously gone a few times) and went to a place called Hula Beach ( thanks Roberto ) and had a ball in the surf at the reef and flatwater inside the reef

The area had been featured in a board mag around that time and the place blows like you would not believe - we tied a can with sand in it on a string and chose sails depending on the angle of the string- horizontal meant "stay on the beach"

I'll attempt to put an old newspaper article about it in the photo section

Cheers, Mark Williams (Bogie)