Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands. August 8th surf report It rained all night, and that’s what we were hoping for because we were tired of the howling southeast winds we’ve had lately and a storm usually means a wind switch. It was fairly calm as the sun came up. The whole ocean had a bit of morning sickness on it. We had 3 new guests arrive yesterday and they were frothing so they took off for Beng Beng to get an early surf in while the rest of us waited for the tide to come up a bit and to see what the winds were going to do. The winds came up out of the east and some of the guys went to Kandui’s. It was not nearly as big as yesterday, but there were still some overhead sets rolling through and they managed to get in some tube time before the wind started to turn a little north and mess the barrel up a bit. It wasn’t long after they had returned to the resort that we had a Bankvaults boat gearing up and most the guys on the island were on it. The waves were still a little bit sick when we got there, but it was side-offshore with the northeast winds and it was cleaning up fast. The sets were still pretty big, double overhead plus, and there were only a handful of guys out. We surfed for a couple of hours with those guys, then they left and we had it to ourselves. We spent the whole afternoon there and scored countless waves. Super good conditions the last couple of hours of the day. Only a few other guys paddled out late afternoon. It was a good session. Expecting smaller surf tomorrow
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