Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands August 11 surf report . Tough day for surf today. Our swell pretty much dropped off the map overnight and the winds were fairly strong out of the south. Anywhere that was picking up the remnants of our last swell was blow to bits. We had a new set of guests arrive today and they, understandably, were frothing for a surf so we went searching. We looked at Nupusi for about 30 seconds before making the decision to look for something with waves at least a little bigger than the wind chop. We ended up at Beng Beng where conditions were clean, but the swell was about as small as it gets. A few chest high sets managed to make there way onto the reef, but it was petty weak. But it was not a bad session if you are just arriving from…well just about anywhere else! There was nobody else out and the water was warm and the sun was out. Our new guys had fun. In the afternoon a few of the guys gave a go at Nupusi, but only lasted a little while before throwing in the towel. It was just too choppy. Our Surftech group left this evening. I’m sure you can see their video and photos of their trip here on our website or Surfing magazine’s site. They were ripping! Hope to see them again sometime. We need our swell to increase a bit or our wind to switch tomorrow so we can find some better surf.
Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands. August 10th surf report . Our current swell, which was pretty much coming from the straight south at this point, was still pumping onto our side of the island this morning. The winds were light out of the south and conditions were looking good so we ran up to Rifles. It didn’t take long for the winds to come up a little stronger, but the waves were still 2 or 3 feet overhead on the sets and we were connecting a few for some long rides. We surfed until the wind got too strong and the tide got too low. Around midday we had the First Annual Surftech/Bintang, Shaper/Rider surf-off out at 4 Bobs. It was a good day for it. The sun was out and we had a bucket full of cold Bintangs in the boat. There was no one out and the waves were a overhead on the sets. It was a little side shore, but still clean. In the first heat, Pat O’Connell and Timmy Patterson were edged out by Greg and Eric Geiselman, Timmy getting his best wave after the buzzer which gave the Floridians the break they needed. The second heat pitted the Australians Phil Byrne and Phil MacDonald against the Hawaiians Mikala Jones and Glen Pang. It was a super close one, but Phil Byrne’s unlikely 4 Bobs barrel pulled them ahead by a slim ½ point. The final was a little short on sets, but it was the Geiselman’s consistent snaps off the top that finally pulled them ahead and gave them a ½ point victory! It was a lot of fun. I hope we have a Second Annual Surftech/Bintang surf off in our future. In the afternoon we headed out to Beng Beng in our new speed boat. The conditions were good over there, but the steep south swell was not getting in there very well. It was shoulder high at best, but the guys had plenty of fun. We are hoping against hope that our swell will hang in there one more day.
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