Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands. July 19th surf report The surf really dropped off overnight. No worries, we were still buzzing from yesterday’s barrel session at Rifles. The winds were back out of the southeast at around 5 mph. The boys eventually went over to Pitstops. It was pretty small, probably waist high, so it wasn’t long before they pulled anchor and headed … [Read more...]
Kandui Mentawai Surf Report – July 19 2007
Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands. July 17th surf report ; The swell was looking bigger this morning. The winds were out of the southeast at about 10 mph or so. I took the dingy and had a quick look at Kandui’s to see what was going on. I wasn’t there long before I saw what probably was the set of the day. 3 grinding waves, well overhead and open from start to finish. I … [Read more...]
Kandui Mentawai Surf Report – July 18 2007
Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands. July 15 surf report It’s nice to be back on the island after a short stint in Padang. There are a few pro girls staying with us right now from Billabong. We have Rebecca Woods, Silvana Lima, Sanoe Lake, and Keala Kennelly, and D Hump is here taking photos. We also have Dave Rastavich and his wife here as well, so it should be a fun week … [Read more...]
Kandui Mentawai Surf Report – July 9 2007
Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands. Guest report from one of our esteemed guests - Stephen. Ray is back inPadang for a few days. All of the pics are Rifles from July 6. Day 5: 7.7.07 What happened? The swell has backed right off so it's time to do some of thethings that you do while you're not surfing. Gary, our temporary in-houseparamedic, sorts out the first aid … [Read more...]
Kandui Mentawai Surf Report – July 6 2007
Kandui Surf Resort in the Mentawai island chain; July 5th surf report The ocean was nice and glassy again this morning. A quick look up and Rifles showed our swell had gotten bigger overnight. The sets were 3 or 4 feet overhead up there and we were on it! It wasn’t classic Rifles, probably a 5 on a scale of 1-10, but it really hadn’t broken in quite a while so it was nice … [Read more...]
Kandui Mentawai Surf Report – July 2 2007
Kandui Surf Resort in the Mentawai island chain; July 2nd surf report We had Kandui on our minds again this morning as we had gotten it pretty good for a couple of days straight, so when we saw that 4 Bobs had gotten bigger overnight we ran over to see what was happening, but there was not much going on over there. The new swell was coming in too south to be hitting … [Read more...]
Kandui Mentawai Surf Report – July 1 2007
Kandui Surf Resort in the Mentawai island chain; June 30th surf report . Our current guests had to leave around noon today, so we were up early hoping to get another Kandui session before they had to go. I took the dingy around really fast to see how it was looking, and I was surprised to see how much the swell had dropped overnight. It was only half the size it was yesterday … [Read more...]
Kandui Mentawai Surf Report – June 29 2007
Kandui Surf Resort in the Mentawai island chain; June 28th surf report The swell dropped off a little over night. Winds were blowing out of the south-southwest, but not very hard. Our guys headed for Hideaways to get a few before the tide got too low. There were still some overhead sets and the winds were not too bad. The tide got low fast though,so the boat returned home … [Read more...]
Kandui Mentawai Surf Report – June 25 2007
Kandui Surf Resort in the Mentawai island chain; June 23rd surf report .Today wasn’t a good day for surfing. It was semi-glassy early, but you could see the storm coming before there was any daylightl. Lighting flashes and bolts followed by rumbling thunder that were steadily getting closer. We were probably still on our first cup of coffee when the wind came, strong out of … [Read more...]
Kandui Mentawai Surf Report – June 22 2007
Kandui Surf Resort in the Mentawai island chain; June 21st surf report . It was nice and glassy this morning and the skies were clear. The swell had gotten a bit bigger overnight and was coming a little more out of the south that yesterday. The winds were blowing ever so lightly out of the southeast and so we decided to make Hideaways our first stop. The swell was a little … [Read more...]
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