Weather

The Coral Coast of Fiji has a normal South Pacific tropical island climate with the winter months being June to October and the summer being December to April.

Different times of the year bring different ‘ideal’ weather conditions for all your activities.

Summer

Summertime is usually characterised by calm settled weather with blue skies during morning, cloud bubbling up over the island in the afternoon and the occasional evening or night time heavy shower.

The air temperature generally reaches a peak of about 32 degrees in February with the water temperature peaking at about 30 degrees C (86F).

Winter

In winter time, Fiji experiences the South Easterly trade winds. These trades vary in strength from a light breeze to a 20kt blow and usually last about 5-6 days.

Following a tradewind will be a couple of days of calm settled weather, usually with a light Northerly breeze before the next trade picks up.

South Easterly (SE) trades usually mean breezy but sunny weather. Northerly winds mean calm seas but occasional showers as cloud over the hills is pushed over the coast.

The air temperature generally reaches a low of about 22 degrees in August / September though it can dip lower on rare occasions. Water temperature drops to a low of about 24 degrees.

Cyclones?

The South Pacific can experience Cyclones when the water temperature exceeds 28 degrees. Cyclones therefore only occur in summer and at this latitude, tend to move fast, being through and gone within 24 hours. Cyclones in the South Pacific are far fewer in number than in the Northern hemisphere (hurricanes / Typhoones).

The Southern hemisphere averages less that a quarter of the number formed in the Northern hemisphere each year.

, sometimes it just rainsThe Private Residence always gets several days notice of the formation of any Cyclone anywhere in the South Pacific and any Cyclones that do form are monitored frequently.

Weather guidelines

The following are some general weather guidelines.

Please note that in the tropics, though weather systems tend to be large and weather patterns stable & predictable, sometimes it just rains…