Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands
Aug 14th surf report-Hideaways
We’ve been getting some fun surf lately and I had a few good pictures of our solo session at Hideaways with great conditions and a couple of good Beng Beng pictures picked out for a surf report, but today came along and trumped them. We knew a swell was coming in and we got a taste of it yesterday afternoon, but we were surprised to see just how big the sets were at Hideaways this morning. Double overhead plus on the bigger ones. We were on it at the crack of dawn and only a handful of other surfers joined us later. A fairly strong current pulling us out and, coupled with a pretty long period swell, were making the drops were pretty interesting and more than half the set waves were going unridden. But we all managed to get some good ones before the winds suddenly switched. The timing was actually good because our arms were all pretty much jelly by then fighting the current. We were ready for a bite before our next surf.
Aug 14th surf report-4 Bobs.
If you have never been to Kandui, 4 Bobs breaks directly in front of our restaurant, kind of how the wave Restaurant’s breaks in front of the Tavarua Resort. Restaurant’s is probably 100 times a better wave than 4 Bobs (in all my years, it’s the most perfect wave I’ve ever surfed), but 4 Bobs is about 100 times more consistent good for a fun surf on just about any day. It’s by far the most consistent wave in the Mentawais, in my opinion, protected from just every about every wind, and it sucks in an incredible amount of swell considering it’s tucked way inside a few reefs and actually faces east! Anyway, it’s hard to spend much time in our restaurant when 4 Bobs is firing in front of your face, and we were not back from our Hideaways surf long before we were back in the water at 4 Bobs. The winds had turned offshore, the sun had come out, and it was about as good as it gets right up until dark. Our guys got some great waves! But, for some, their best waves were yet to come.
Aug 14th surf report-Rifles
Our guests had been catching great waves at 4 Bobs and Karambat Left for hours, and all that time Rifles had been cleaning up. By the last couple of hours in the afternoon, the offshore winds had groomed the waves and it was on! For the most part, it was just a little overhead and teasing us with barrels too fast to make, but occasionally there was a set that peeled like only Rifles can. The good winds attracted a few boats to our area, and to the Rifles lineup as well, but it was all good. The wind reports had been calling for consistent southeast wind (onshore winds for Rifles) for this trip and our guests were very doubtful they would see it break, so they were super stoked to be out there getting a few. It was a great day with a ton of waves and variety! Looking for dropping swell tomorrow, but still still pretty solid.
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