Northern hem not so great in June/july/august. Try Fiji for waves. PNG for wind/flat and a bunch of other south hem locations.

I should clarify also "no surf" for kiting, strictly freeride, freestyle,flat water riding at Cocos. But take a board as they have a couple of little breaks that you can surf.

Nuclear wind there.
Really nuclear winds.
Have the British and the Americans weapons testing during the cold war to thank for that.
That is all I know about it.
This is not to be confused with Christmas island in the Indian ocean, famous for illegal immigrants and crabs. This island I have spent a bit of time on and you would not want to kite there.

Normally dont chime in much, but doubt too many people have been there but I went there about a year ago..

Really great lagoon kiting, some great sand bar mazes to kite through, but need to hire a boat to get to the other side of the lagoon to get where the goods are and to do downwinders. It would add up quickly at 100$US/day. IF you get unlucky and dont get wind, the surfing sucks.. terrible reefs and the waves are not that great, and not very powerful. It would be ok for a longboard or SUP at best, but it does take a massive NW swell to get down there and those are non existent in June/July.

Nothing on the island for fun, just a shack or two to crash in..There is one 'real hotel' but didnt check it out. Really dont recommend it for much other than bone fishing, especially for the price of getting there.

MRU is awesome, Cocos is great. Fiji/Namotu/Tavarua are BEST EVERS!

Here's a video I did from my trip.

Good luck and have fun

Aloha,
Reo

I'm heading to Tarawa in june to catch up wih my girlfriends sister who is working there, but i will have my kite gear with me, and fingers crossed we get some wind! i'll let you all know how it goes! got fiji as a backup for the kiting after tarawa anyway