The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands 1st November 2015 I think the wind this morning was a good omen.  This trade pattern looks like it's ready to break.  Hello right handers! 31st October 2015 it was no trick and all treat this Halloween day in the Mentawais!  We were starting to wonder if the swell was a hoax, but the 31st produced.  Solid waves with perfect … [Read more...]

The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands 28th October 2015 The first of 3 swells for this trip rolled through.  It was a good warm up as a legit swell fills in tomorrow, and an even bigger one is behind that!  Should be a good week.  FYI, looks like even another swell on the charts after this last group leaves.  Nice way to wrap up the season.   … [Read more...]

The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands 21st October 2015 Our latest swell came in a little too south for the places that were taking this south wind we have been having, but we still had fun.  Looks like we have a couple more little swells in the pipeline, then 2 swells with possibly a little consequence associated with them after that.  Looks like October's swell … [Read more...]

The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands 16th October 2015 Wow, October has been nice to us.  Although the winds are still southish, they have mellowed out a lot and the Indian Ocean has decided to make up for it's sluggish performance in 2015 by churning out swell after swell.  Forecasts have a couple of small days after this swell is done, then non stop swell as far out … [Read more...]

The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands 15th September 2015 There has been some nice swell in the water.  We've had to work around some strong winds but have managed to get some fun surf.  We have a good swell for Rifles running right now but, alas, the winds are wrecking it.  We'll just have to imagine stand up pits out there.  Still plenty of energy getting in on the … [Read more...]

The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands 8th September 2015 Another fun swell is rolled in today.  Finally the swells are here!  The Indian Ocean is actually on fire right now and this next trip especially is looking pretty epic.  We have only 9 people on that trip!  If you were looking at those dates and didn't pull the trigger, better you don't look at the … [Read more...]

The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands 6th September 2015 After our new group caught the tail end or our latest swell, we've just been bidding our time surfing some fun waves and waiting for the next round of swell which should be arriving soon.  Looks like the Indian Ocean is finally coming alive!  We've had to deal with some wind lately, but it even looks like that … [Read more...]

The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands 31st August 2015 We've had another swell roll through and there has been some pretty good waves around.  There has also been some wind and an admittedly over average amount of people around, but attached is our guys getting some gems.  Looks like the Indian Ocean has woken up and we finally have swells staking up! … [Read more...]

The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands 24th August 2015 We had a fun little swell roll through for our new guests.  Nothing special, but fun.  We'll be working around some strong winds for the foreseeable future, but it looks like a solid swell is on the way.   … [Read more...]

The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands 4th August 2015 More of the same around here, fun waves but nothing close to being big or epic.  Things look like they will hover in the fun zone for the foreseeable future. … [Read more...]