Things to Do in Nauru in March
March weather, activities, events & insider tips
March Weather in Nauru
Temperature, rainfall and humidity at a glance
Is March Right for You?
Weigh the advantages and considerations before booking
- + March lands squarely between cyclone season and the worst of the humidity, swells have flattened enough for fishing skiffs to head to the drop-off every day, and on the north side the reef opens to a clean 20 m (65 ft).
- + Hotels slash prices by 30-40% from the high months. At Anibare Bay's guesthouses you may well be the lone visitor, so the fishermen will draw you over to poke through their dawn haul.
- + March's short showers rinse away the phosphate dust that normally blankets everything from the inland mine, letting the island show its real palette, rust-red earth, jade-green interior, and a lagoon so electric-blue that no camera gets it right.
- + Air Nauru's Tuesday/Thursday flights from Brisbane run half-empty, so your dive gear sails through baggage checks and nobody's elbow jabs you for four straight hours.
- − Those ten wet days don't scatter evenly, they gang up into two- or three-day bursts that turn the island's single ring road into a slip-n-slide, and even locals skip the switchback to the Topside phosphate fields.
- − March heat feels like slow-motion steaming, 70% humidity still clings at 6 AM, and the interior phosphate pinnacles bounce heat back like a pizza oven long after the sun drops.
- − The OD-N-Aiwo, the island's lone proper restaurant, locks the kitchen at 8 PM sharp in March because the cook's family would rather fish for running tuna, plan dinner early or resign yourself to instant noodles.
Best Activities in March
Top things to do during your visit
March lays the water down to its clearest all year, drift above brain-coral gardens where parrotfish ignore you, and the drop-off begins the moment the sand turns dark. The bay faces northeast, shielded from trade winds, so mornings stay glassy enough to spot reef sharks gliding the channel from the beach.
The island's single freshwater pool stays cool even in March's furnace, kids hurl themselves from limestone cliffs into water that's a full 5°C (9°F) colder than the sea. Pandanus trees throw natural shade, and the muddy bottom keeps selfie crowds away.
March's afternoon storms knock the temperature off the ridge, making the hike to the Japanese WWII guns and the 1945 communications bunker comfortable. The radio gear still sits where the Japanese abandoned it, and the 360-degree lookout compresses every corner of the 21 km² (8.1 square mile) island into one sweep.
March is when tuna track cooler currents closer to shore, you'll ride out in aluminum boats that look backyard-built yet still cover the 5 km (3.1 miles) to the drop-off. They cast off at dawn while the lagoon is silver and are back before noon, yellowfin shared among whoever helps clean the catch.
After March rains the Topside phosphate fields turn lunar, rust pinnacles rise from flooded pits that mirror the sky like cracked glass. Only this month do the mining scars flirt with beauty, and the late light paints everything gold before the daily storm barges in.
March Events & Festivals
What's happening during your visit
January 31st festivities often spill into early March with community sports days at the Aiwo stadium. You'll hear the thwack of volleyball games and smell copra smoke from earth ovens cooking pork overnight.
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