The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Oct 18th surf report Our friend and frequent return guest, Al Ramadan, is here for our second to last trip of 2013 with a bunch of his friends. We've had some fun surf to start things off. The winds have been swirling around and we have already surfed about 8 spots chasing the conditions. Beng Being (pictured) was a lot of fun, and … [Read more...]
Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai islands surf report 9th October 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Oct 9th surf report Bombing swell here today. Kandui Left was macking but in respect for Justice, who had to leave unexpectedly and who loves Kandui Left like no other, we decided to not surf there or post pictures of those giant barrels. OK, you got us. We were running as fast as we could in the opposite direction! But we did … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands 29th September 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Sep 29th surf report We've had some swell around for a few days. Rifles was sizable one day but, again, we could only get a couple of windows when it was clean. But one wave during a window can change your life! Pictures attached. We've had good winds for Rifles quite a bit for the last two days, but the swell was a third the … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands, 26th September 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Sep 26th surf report Our swell didn't come through like we had hoped, but we still had plenty of fun waves around. Today the winds were out of the north so we had a go at Nipusi first thing, hoping to get a few waves before the winds went good for Hideaways. Nipusi was bigger than we anticipated, but it turned out to be a fun, … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Surf Resort Mentwai Islands, 24th September 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Sep 24th surf report New guests arrived today. Some got to Padang a day early so we were able to put them on an early boat to Kandu to get an extra day of surf in. That worked out well for them as a new swell was building and conditions were good right out in front of the resort. There were some solid sets by afternoon so we're … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands 22nd Sept Surf Report
Sep 22nd surf report It's been a tough year for Rifles and the trend continues. We've had enough swell for it to break well for days, but the winds just would not cooperate. There have been a couple of windows and we took advantage of them when we could, like this morning before the onshores began to howl. (pictured) Maybe tomorrow! … [Read more...]
Outer Reefs, Keramas, G-Land & Canggu, 22nd September 2013
BALI 22nd September 2013 Hi folks and thanks for dropping into thje baliwaves.com I the original Bali surf report since 1999) for the latest news and best daily views on surfing and weather conditions from right here on every sane surfers first choice tropical surfing holiday destination of Bali. The 22nd's first light surf check on the Outer Reefs of Tuban was still … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands 18th Sept 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Sept 18th surf report It's been kind of a slow start to this trip so far. But you know what we say here by now. When it's bad, it's good! We've been surfing Beng Beng, Nipusi, 4 Bobs of course, and we got a good little session in at Hideaways. (pictured) Now that the guys are warmed up, we have a series of fun swells forecast … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands Sept 10th surf report
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Sep 10th surf report It's been pretty much the same story for Rifles this season. Tons of swell when the winds are bad, perfect conditions when the waves are small. It was painful watching triple overhead waves peel across the entire Rifles reef while strong winds tattered it. Really painful. And, as you could have guessed, the … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands, 27th July 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands July 27th surf report We have the Bikoumou family from the Congo here again, and that is always a pleasure. Class acts. The boys Chad and Kelly are surfing better every year and are now both sponsored by Rip Curl. We've had a pretty good start to this trip with a nice swell and variable winds for the most part. Our guests have been … [Read more...]
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