Frigates

One of the best surf breaks in Fiji. It rivals Cloudbreak on a good day and will pick up a couple of more feet in wave height than any of the local breaks due to its location 20 km out to sea. SE trade winds are offshore so it is a great choice when local breaks are smaller or are blown out due to trades. Frigates will deliver! Frigates is a powerful, fast and consistent hollow left. Big barrels, long rides and works at all tides! Most surfers that had a few sessions at Frigates will come back to Fiji to surf Frigates again and again. Longest ride 150 m plus with a relatively easy take-off (unless it gets BIGGGG…), with various sections, down to the last inside section with a hollow barrel (drop out at low tide since it gets very shallow). An epic and one of the most fun waves in the Pacific! Whatever size the local breaks are, frigates will be almost double.

Frigates will usually consistently produce waves when it’s smaller locally. Frigates is a long wave which produces consistently and has a deep takeoff zone. Watch the “Scalpel” on the inside where it gets shallow quickly and learn when to exist the wave. Always look at the depth on the inside. When swept inside go the long way around through the channel…don’t fight against the masses of water as the whole ocean pushes against you.

Break direction: WSW and ENE
Winds: E, ESE, SE, SSE, light N, light NE
Swell directions: S, SSW, SW
Tides: all tides