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Naa 57.6

#3402 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇰🇮 Kiribati · Kiribati · near Tarawa

Works almost every day, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearWarm waterIntermediate
Surf score57.6 /100
Surfable days100% of the year
Clean days5% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell7% period 11 s+
Typical size1.3 m 4.3 ft median
Water29°C boardshorts

Best time to surf Naa

The best time to surf Naa is March, November, December. It rarely works. In December the water sits around 29°C, so pack boardshorts, and the typical wave is 1.4 m. The nearest airport is TRW (35 km) and the nearest town is Tarawa (34 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan100%5%1.5 m29°Cboardies
Feb100%2%1.5 m29°Cboardies
Mar100%9%1.5 m29°Cboardies
Apr100%0%1.3 m30°Cboardies
May100%1%1.3 m30°Cboardies
Jun100%0%1.1 m30°Cboardies
Jul100%5%1.3 m29°Cboardies
Aug100%2%1.1 m29°Cboardies
Sep100%2%1.2 m29°Cboardies
Oct100%5%1.1 m29°Cboardies
Nov100%10%1.2 m29°Cboardies
Dec100%15%1.4 m29°Cboardies

What is under Naa

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor is still shallow, 15 m.

Depth 8 km out15 m
Depth 4 km out11 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 57.6

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
15.8
Best days 22.4%
8.1
Clean days 18.4%
1.8
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
6.1
Access 4.1%
3.7

The detail

Faces 340° with 89% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 70% of days. Mean peak period 9.1 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.7 m, with a peak period of 10 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 35%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 1.639, 172.959 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,430/ month
typically €1,260 – €1,600
Rent, one bedroom€750
Groceries€300
Eating out€170
Getting around€100
Phone + internet€105
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,790/ month
typically €2,460 – €3,120
Somewhere to stay€1,640
Eating out€585
Car, transfers, fuel€380
Data + extras€180
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Kiribati (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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