Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands
Friday, Oct 21st surf report
Justice went with the first boat to Bankvaults/Nipussi. Ray stayed behind, planning to hang out with the second boatload of goofy foots at the mellower breaks. But when we dropped off a couple of late risers at glassy, slightly overhead, barreling Bankvaults, Ray started to get the shakes. It was totally classic: “Would you guys mind so much if I jumped out here?” Less than a minute later he splashed in with a knotted t-shirt and a big grin, and was probably barreled before we got around the point.
We checked a super mellow little known break called Good Times, but it was sectioning badly, so with the north wind dying we headed to Being Being. As usual, it looked flat when we pulled up but 15 minutes later the waves started rolling in with the better set waves going about head high by east coast standards. Glassy water and three or four guys out… we were living large for sure.
Oct. 19th surf report
Our swell was still pumping today and conditions got better. Our strong southeast winds pattern has been breaking up for the last couple of weeks (lucky they were blowing for that Hideaways swell though!) and some other spots have been opening up. Our first day guests went to Bankvaults and another spot. Crowds were light at the former and zero at the latter. Both spots had some nice waves before the winds went west, then some of the guys headed for Rifles and got some some fun ones there as well before the tide got too low. I’ll attach pictures from all the spots. I’m sure you can tell which is which by now. Huero (Weddo, the dog) gave us a scare today after being beat up pretty good by a neighboring dog. He was looking really bad and I was fearing the worst so no surf for me this day. I’m happy to say he is improving and I think he will be fine. Send up a little prayer for him!
Our 4 time returning guest, Brad Maker, will be giving me a break and writing some surf reports this week. It’s looking like we will be going into more of an off season type pattern when this swell fades this next day or so (after a very good October!) but we will be sure to get some good waves.
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