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Bill cranking back to the reef at Nago Lefts Kavieng PNG

8:20 am 13 Dec 2009

Santa Maria, Santa Maria Anguar

6:13 pm 13 Feb 2011

Nago ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.0
Consistency of surf: 2.5
Difficulty level: 4.0
Wind and kite surfing: 1.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Nago Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Papua-New-Guinea – Kavieng)

Bill cranking back to the reef at Nago Lefts Kavieng PNG photo

Photo credit: Bill Bolland
Surf Break: Nago

Name: Nago
Type: reef
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best Swell: NW Offshore Wind: S

Nago in Kavieng is an exposed reef break that has quite reliable surf Works best in offshore winds from the south. Usually gets local windswells, but groundswells do happen and the ideal wave direction is from the northwest. A reef breaks left. Best around low tide. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Beware of sharks,sea snakes,stonefish and rocks.

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Overall Nago Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Nago:

  (click location name for more details)
Closest break Long Long 1 mi
Second closest break Piccinniny 2 mi
Third closest break Nusa 2 mi
Fourth closest break Edmago 5 mi
Fifth closest break Rubio 119 mi

Wave buoys nearest to Nago:

Closest wave buoy W Hawaii Buoy 3627 mi
Second closest wave buoy NW Hawaii Buoy 3638 mi
Third closest wave buoy NW Hawaii Buoy 3676 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy SW Hawaii Buoy 3765 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy Western Aleutians Buoy 4065 mi

Tide stations nearest to Nago:

Closest tide station Kavieng, Papua New Guinea 2 mi
Second closest tide station Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 147 mi
Third closest tide station Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 160 mi
Fourth closest tide station Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 206 mi
Fifth closest tide station Seeadler Harbour, Papua New Guinea 245 mi

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Ski Resorts closest to Nago:

Closest ski area Selwyn Snowfields (Australia) 2307 mi
Second closest ski area Perisher (Australia) 2341 mi
Third closest ski area Charlotte Pass (Australia) 2344 mi
Fourth closest ski area Thredbo (Australia) 2349 mi
Fifth closest ski area Mount Buffalo (Australia) 2372 mi

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Town and city forecasts close to Nago:

Closest city location Kavieng (Papua New Guinea) 2 mi
Second closest city location Namatanai (Papua New Guinea) 137 mi
Third closest city location Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) 147 mi
Fourth closest city location Kokopo (Papua New Guinea) 159 mi
Fifth closest city location Kimbe (Papua New Guinea) 208 mi
  • The nearest passenger airport to Nago is Madang Airport (MAG) in Papua New Guinea, which is 624 km (388 miles) away (directly).
  • The second closest airport to Nago is Nadzab Airport (LAE), also in Papua New Guinea, 629 km (391 miles) away.
Nago break location map and break info
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Nago, Papua-New-Guinea - Kavieng. Use the tab navigation above to view Nago sea temperature, Nago photographs, Nago detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Nago webcams, current wind from Papua-New-Guinea - Kavieng live weather stations and Nago tide predictions. The Papua New Guinea swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Papua New Guinea and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Papua New Guinea wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Nago.