Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands August 16 surf report ; This has been the third day in a row that the forecasts have been calling for southeast winds and the third day in a row that the winds have blown out of the northwest! But I’m not complaining because Rifles is alright on a northwest and we had a big south swell running. We were in the water pretty early. The waves were double overhead plus on the sets at Rifles and the winds were howling offshore. There were some sick ones coming through, but it was really disorganized. Shifty and waves coming in sometimes with only about a 6 second period. Weird. But there were still barrels to be found, and find we did. Everyone got a few nice ones. The guys that did not want Rifles surfed 4 Bobs and Karambat left. It was well overhead at both spots and the guys had fun. In the afternoon we did a repeat of the morning and got similar results. Weird Rifles and the other had fun at 4 Bobs and Karambat Left. They are calling for southeast winds again tomorrow. We will see. Pretty much a certainty that the waves will still be pumping.
Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands August 15th surf report Last night we were thinking Hideaways for the morning session because of the southeast winds that were forecast, but the winds were out of the northwest early and that quickly moved our attention to Rifles. It was very clean early, but the swell was still just filling in so the sets were only a little overhead. As the morning wore on, the waves were getting bigger but the tide was dropping so fast that the waves got kind of weird and the current was ripping up the reef. Most of us got out. But the ones that stayed scored! The current stopped and the swell continued to build and there were only a handful of guys out. I wish I could say I was one of them! (Blew that one!) They surfed uncrowded barrels until the winds came up. The rest of the guys that were not into Rifles had a great time surfing clean 4 Bobs and Karambat left. In the afternoon we thought we would get a few at Hideaways like we did yesterday. The waves were not as big as yesterday and it had a little funk on it. But there was no one out and it was pretty glassy. The winds came up a little out of the west while we were still looking at it and it was a tough decision to go for the sure thing, doable Hideaway with nobody out, or head back and hope that Rifles had cleaned up with the west winds. We chose the later and were glad we did! It was lightly offshore there and overhead sets were rolling through. There were a few guys on it, but we all got a few waves before it was too dark to see. Hoping our swell will fill in a little more for the morning session
Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands August 14th surf report It rained all night and when we woke up the winds were pretty much non-existent, but the ocean had a good amount of morning sickness left over from the storm. We took off in search of something that looked clean enough to have fun on. The first stop was Bankvaults. It was showing a little size, like just about always, but it was far to mixed up to surf. So we went around the corner to E-Bay and Pitstop. Most the guys went out at Pitstop where it was overhead and the conditions were alright. The rest of us went out at E-Bay. There were a few overhead sets there too and the conditions were fair, but after an hour or so the new swell started to show and some really good sets started to roll through, probably like 2 or 3 feet overhead. As luck would have it, the conditions had cleaned up nicely by then and a few of the wave that came through were about as good as E-Bay gets. We stayed out as long as our bodies had energy and then went back for a late lunch. Late afternoon we went to Hideaways to catch the incoming tide there. The winds were just a little side-onshore (south-southwest), but light and the waves were plenty good with no one else was around. The waves were 3 or 4 feet overhead on the best sets and there were some barrels. Surfed until dark. The swell is forecast to increase overnight.
Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands August 13th surf report We had a wind switch during the night. It was blowing from the north at first light and we were thinking Bankvaults. When we arrived, we could see that there was a bit of size out there, maybe 4 feet overhead on the biggest sets, but it had quite a bit of bump on it coming from out of the west so we headed to Nipusi where it was more sheltered from the stuff out of that direction. There was no one out so our boys jumped right in and got an hour or so by themselves in the overhead surf before anyone else showed up. Our second boat arrived later and replaced the crew from our first boat. Bankvaults was looking like it might be cleaning up a bit so I did a little solo session out there. It kept getting cleaner and the last hour or so out there was pretty nice. Well overhead and there were a few clean barrels. The crew that had surfed Nipusi early and had gone back for some breakfast saw the improving conditions and ran back and joined the fun at Bankvaults. Around noon the winds went northwest and make a mess of things so everyone headed back. The afternoon boat went back to Nipusi and scored it with no one out again while some of the guys went out to 4 Bobs and got some clean chest high surf. Our next swell is looking good on the charts. We hope to be seeing the first signs of it tomorrow afternoon.
Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai islands August 12th surf report When the day started off, it wasn’t looking too promising. The waves looked as small as yesterday out in front and the winds were blowing pretty strongly out of the east. Our only hope was that the little forecasted bump up in the swell was so west that it wasn’t showing in front of the resort. We loaded up the boat and took off to see what was going on on the west facing reefs. As we rounded baby Kandui we could see lines coming from the top of the island and we knew we would be in luck today. There were a couple of boats at E-Bay so we kept going on to Beng Beng. There were only 3 people out there and the waves were looking good. It was the perfect size for Beng Beng, a foot or two overhead on the sets, and the winds were straight offshore. The sun was out and it was a beautiful day. The 3 other guys got out after a while and we surfed it by ourselves for hours. Exhaustion eventually got the better of us and we headed back for a late lunch. Some of the guys headed out just after that and they surfed Nipusi. It was pretty good size, double overhead or so, but the winds were onshore so they didn’t last long out there. The rest of the guys surfed 4 Bobs. It was a little bigger than this morning but was still only about chest high on the biggest sets. The guys all had a good time though and surfed until dark. We are hoping our swell will hang in there for another day.
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