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 Central
New Ireland
The Central New Ireland Surf Club in cooperation with
the New Ireland Surf Alliance and the Surfing Association
of Papua New Guinea has established the Central New
Ireland Surf Management Plan to benefit both the incoming
surf tourist and the traditional resource custodians.
 The
plan ensures the incoming surf tourist that there will
only be a maximum of 20 international surfers at any
time surfing within the managed area. The plan ensures
the traditional resource custodians that there are real
benefits from tourism flowing into their communities.
The plan also ensures that surf tourism is sustainable
in our region.
The Central New Ireland Surf Management Plan commences
from where the East Coast Plan finishes after Konos
and extends to Ramat (20km north of Namatanai).
The fees that are generated through the plan are distributed
to the communities adjacent to the surf and are used
for community projects and some of the ongoing needs
of the communities such as school supplies and aid post
supplies. A portion of the fees are also used to help
develop surfing as a sport at the village level. This
sustainable style of managing the surf resource benefits
all involved.
Surf Season is from mid-October to mid-April.
Surf spots range from mellow longboard waves to fast
and hollow reef passes. There are both rights and lefts
and are open to many swell directions.
<<< Central New Ireland Surf Quota
Availability Schedule >>>
Where to stay
Rubio Plantation Retreat, 220km from Kavieng,
is a newly opened guesthouse run by Shane & Annette
Clark and hosts New Guinea Eco Tours which caters for
surfers with road and boat transfers to all the surf
breaks within the Central New Ireland Surf Managed Area,
and further a field. Rubio caters for up to 15 guests,
with a maximum of 10 surfers.
New Ireland Surf Trekking & Tours operate
road-based surf trips along the entire stretch of the
east coast, staying in the many guesthouses in the area.
Visit the New
Ireland Tourism Bureau website for a full listing
of all guesthouses in the area.
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