The Real Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands
July 19th surf report.
What started out to be an ugly day, really turned out nice. We headed for Bankvaults in the morning, hoping against hope there was enough north in the wind for it to be clean over there. No such luck. Just a few more degrees in the angle and we would have been ok, but instead we were heading back to the resort for more coffee and a real breakfast. Things cleaned up as the day wore on and both our boats ended up at Beng Beng. It was clean and head high over there. Our guests still had some froth to work off so they spent a good part of the day doing just that. Just as our first boat got back to the resort pretty late in the afternoon, we noticed the winds starting to turn so it was a quick, late lunch and we were off again and scoring again! Well overhead, good conditions, barrels…. We can live with that. Pictures attached. We’re looking at smaller but still decent surf for the upcoming days with (allegedly) good winds for the lefts. There is a nice swell on the horizon and we are crossing our fingers that they don’t downgrade that one!
July 17th surf report-changeover day.
It was changeover day again, stoked guests leaving and frothing guests arriving today. I have to say that the waves during this last trip were under average again but, through luck or skill, we got a lot of good waves and many sessions to ourselves. Everyone realized our good fortune and were pretty pumped about the quality trip we delivered. We also got our guests a quick surf at Hideaways this morning and they were pretty stoked to get a few more waves under their belt before heading home. We had a couple of guests still on the island and that was enough of an excuse to look for waves in the afternoon. The winds had turned and Bankvaults was calling our name. We got there and were stoked to see sizable waves, good conditions, and no one out! Needless to say, we were on it like white on rice and got some good ones before anyone else showed up. I attached a few pictures. The wave models are looking better for this upcoming 10 dats. It’s hard to believe there are a couple of empty beds on this trip. Anyone that was thinking about coming and didn’t pull the trigger may be sorry!
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