Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands
Aug 18th surf report
We had a big south swell start to roll in today. Everyone was hoping Rifles, but the winds were strong out of the south and it was blown. Hideaways was looking good though, but much of the swell was passing it by so it was much smaller than the south facing reefs. We surfed there for the morning session and everyone got some good ones. Photos attached. The winds turned around midday so we sent the boys over to one of our spots that is not surfed by many others and, sure enough, it was going off and empty! (Greem water photos) Only one other guy that lives in the area ever showed up. It’s a peak and both sides were working good. Our crew were stoked to split the peak until the wind switched again late in the afternoon. A couple of us stayed back to tow a novelty wave, the peak in between Aframes and Rifles that occasionally breaks on big swells. That peak usually rolls through and only gives people a little thrill as we motor out to Rifles. It caps once in a while and then quickly reforms, but rarely actually breaks. But it was so big today that it was consistently breaking and I saw what looked to be 25 foot face SETS rolling though the channel. We couldn’t have expected it to last and we only got a couple of triple overhead waves before it stopped breaking, but it was fun and we will definitely be looking at that again the next time it gets that big. I towed Justice into some big Aframes after that, then we had to go check out the show at Rifles as a few pros showed up and to take on big, low tide, slightly onshore, and more than slightly sketchy Rifles. It was triple overhead on the sets with clamshelling barrels and not much water on the reef, but they were handling as pros do. I’m sure you will see pictures of Nathan Fletcher, John Florence, and Dane Gudaskas doing their thing out there in a mag or website near you. Nathan Fletcher is a maniac, taking off on bombs at the most shallow spot on the reef. Hats off! Looking at smaller, but still big, south swell in the morning.
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