Nananu-i-Ra

What it's actually like

Researched and written by WindChaser from 18 cited sources. Last checked Sep 2026.

Nananu-i-Ra is a small island about 3 km off the north coast of Viti Levu, near the town of Rakiraki in Fiji’s Ra Province: 3.5 square kilometres, rising to 180 metres, privately owned, with Nananu-i-Cake and Dolphin Island as neighbours. It sits in the Vatu-i-Ra passage, between Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, and Wind Sports Fiji runs a family lodge on it built around kite, wing and windsurf, with daily boat support for its guests.

The season here is the trade wind. Wind Sports Fiji opens in April and closes late in November, and describes the trades as usually 20 to 25 knots from the south-east to east-south-east, funnelled through the passage. It says the usual pattern is seven to nine days of steady trades, then two or three lighter days as the next high pressure moves across the Pacific, and that the wind often swings from southerly in the morning to south-easterly later in the day, then back to southerly in the late afternoon. From December to March it runs no wind sports programme: the weather is less stable, with a significant chance of cyclones that bring days of heavy rain. WindChaser shows no wind figures for the island. The nearest model cell is 5.56 km away and no weather station has checked it, so rideable days are withheld.

The lodge says its downwinders can cover 50 to 120 km of riding on a windy day.