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Bougainville Surf Adventure
Bougainville is one of the last unexplored frontiers for tropical surfing, offering a rare chance to experience Papua New Guinea surf spots without the crowds. This is adventure surfing at its finest—a fully guided, all-inclusive surf and safari expedition into remote island paradise.
Your Papua New Guinea surf trip begins in Port Moresby, where we’ll meet and guide you to our secluded base camp on a tropical island off Bougainville. For six unforgettable days, we’ll chase warm, empty waves in pristine waters, exploring some of the most consistent and uncrowded Bougainville surf spots in the South Pacific.
Every surf session is accessed by boat, unlocking a range of waves to suit all surfers—from fast, barreling reef breaks for shortboarders to long, peeling point breaks perfect for longboarders. Whether you’re chasing clean, glassy rights or playful beach breaks, Bougainville’s remote surf breaks deliver world-class conditions.
At the end of your surfing Bougainville adventure, we’ll escort you back to Port Moresby, leaving you with unforgettable memories of a true Papua New Guinea surfing adventure.
Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves.
Highlights
- A true surf adventure in one of the planet’s most remote places
- Meet locals who endured 10 years of civil war and now embracing tourism
- Frontier surfing- Quality, completely empty, warm water waves
- Breathtaking and awe-inspiring landscapes
Itinerary
Fly to Port Moresby, meeting in the evening at the hotel.
Fly from Port Moresby to Buka, transfer by Landcruiser to Arawa. Board a small boat in Arawa and transfer to Surf Camp.
Breakfast
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We will also try to visit local villages, tour the town of Arawa and even try to visit the Panguna mine.
Fly from Arawa to Port Moresby via Buka. The flight leaves in the morning from Arawa so unfortunately a morning surf is not possible. In Port Moresby we will check into a hotel and have a final dinner.
Accommodations
We will spend the first night and the last night of the expedition in a three star accommodation in Port Moresby. All rooms in Port Moresby are twin share.
While in Bougainville we’ll stay in paradise. Our newly built bungalows are located on a quiet, remote offshore island. Each bungalow contains two single beds, a flush toilet, and a large deck overlooking the ocean. They back onto virgin forests, providing a feel of total isolation.
Our base runs on a basic solar system that gives us the ability to charge electronics.
We are also centrally located to access many different surf breaks by boat. The closest is 5 minutes away.
There’s good snorkeling right out the front and loads of fishing opportunities.
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What's Included
- Return flights from Port Moresby to Buka
- Transport from Buka to our base on Tautsina Island
- All meals while at surf camp
- Two boat rides out to the surf each day
- Two nights of hotel rooms in Port Moresby
- Bungalow accommodation on Tautsina Island
- Dedicated surf guide
- Cook
Not Included
- Alcohol
- Travel insurance
- Surf equipment (no rentals available)
Weather
Located just south of the equator the weather in Bougainville is hot and humid. Rain showers are frequent but normally do not last for long. The average temperature is 30C during the day and 26C at night. Wind is normally light and variable.
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The Surfing
We will be the only surfers for more than 1000kms.
There are a variety of waves all within striking distance of our base. Each wave offers something different from long, peels to fast, powerful barreling waves. All waves are reef breaks a few of which break in deep water. Even when the waves are small there is always a spot that offers a decent wave. The closest wave to the break is an outer reef pass that is almost never smaller than head high.
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