Kandui Surf Resort , June 24th surf report.
Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of surf reports this season. Jenny and I had a healthy baby boy on May 1st and that has kept me off the island for a while. Jenny is the best wife in the world so she let me skip out of baby duties when a seemingly unending string of storms began to form in the Indian Ocean. Last week, we had the first really big one hit and there was a lot of water moving around here! We had some funky winds on the first, biggest day but we managed to get in some overhead Rifles and all the waves out front were all clean enough and fun. Karambat Left was about as good as it gets. Overhead with long, easy walls to play with. The highlight of the day was watching Brad Gerlach, who is staying with us for a while, towing into a rarely (if ever) surfed spot on a nearby island. It was sketchy to be sure with big waves and boils everywhere, but Brad towed into a few and got out unscathed. The next day things started to really happen! The winds came up north in the morning and we grabbed our bigger boards and headed for Bankvaults. It was pretty big. Triple overhead or so on the sets with some bigger ones once in a while. A boat showed up with some players and you will be sure to see some pictures and video of our session with them in a mag or cd in the upcoming months.
Those guys were super cool and a few of us joined them in the bomb fest. Brad got some nice ones and a few of our guests tested their limits and got some memorable waves. Then the winds turned and the party was over there, but it was just beginning for Nokandui’s! Everyone piled out of the water and headed there, and for good reason. It was going off! Double overhead with near perfect conditions, insane tubes reeling down the reef! The boys got out there quick and they put on a show. Everyone that saw it said it was some of the best surfing they had ever seen! Bol was out of control, pumping in wide open barrels all he way down the reef. Brian’s camera was acting up so we probably will not get to see the inside the barrel perspective we are used to seeing with him, but I’m sure the stills and video will be epic. Brad got a couple of sick ones as well. The rest of the crew surfed in front of the resort where it was a little more tame and we were all burned out and sunburned by afternoon. The next day was pretty much a repeat, minus a couple of feet. Everyone was completely wiped out by the end of the swell!
There has been nice south pulses ever since and we have surfed fun Rifles and 4 Bobs, and we surfed some really fun Pistols yesterday. Today has been the smallest we have seen in a while, but we were content to surf some overhead Nipusi and some fun 4 Bobs. The trend is looking up as a new, little, westish swell shows up tomorrow and builds into a nice swell by the weekend. Then the middle of next week looks to be even bigger! Jenny has giving me the green light to stay so I will keep you posted!
Lindo says
I must say a big congrats to Ray and his wife for there new born baby. If Ray is anything to go by in the way of charging the way he does, this kid is gunna be a rocket launcher. Geez with a back yard like that, id hate to imagin whats to come.
Also want to say a big thank you to all the crew that cooked, cleaned, washed, woke, drove, hooted, laughed, repaired and cared for me whilst i was there for the two weeks. I havent stopped thinking about it since. And thats no short of a lie. I will be back, most likely next year. Untill then, thanks again.
Keep ripping,
Pics looks amazing.
Lindo.
West Aust