The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands 28th Februry 2015 Our latest trip is off to a somewhat slow start, but this is February. The waves are still fun, as you can see by the photos, and the crowd factor is at a February DEFCON 5 level as well, which is the equalizer to any average surf. There are a couple little pulses and some better conditions forecast so it looks like … [Read more...]
The kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands 1st – 2nd Nov ’13
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands 2nd November 2013 Another swell rolled through and we had some epic sessions. Beng Beng has been all time lately and there is just no one around right now. Our crew surfed it with only a handful of other surfers over 2 days. The guys are pretty stoked. 1st November 2013 Our first swell has been good to us. Now usually, I'm not … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands 26th October 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Oct 26th surf report It's been feeling like off season these last few days of the latest trip. Lot's of Nipusi, Burgerworld (pictured) and 4 Bobs. Lots of resorts have closed for the off season and lots of charter boats are bugging off to dry dock. The last group or 2013 has arrived and a few people from the last group extended … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort 18th October 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Oct 18th surf report Our friend and frequent return guest, Al Ramadan, is here for our second to last trip of 2013 with a bunch of his friends. We've had some fun surf to start things off. The winds have been swirling around and we have already surfed about 8 spots chasing the conditions. Beng Being (pictured) was a lot of fun, and … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands, 6th October 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Oct 6th surf report Fun first day for our new crew. There were a few good waves at Kandui, just to pour salt in the wound for Justice who had to head home for a while, and Beng Beng (pictured) was really fun. Throw in an afternoon session at Nipusi for some guests and a floating dock/4 Bobs session for the rest, and that adds up to a … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands, 2nd October 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Oct 2nd surf report Our swell pretty much dropped off the map overnight and it's been all about Burgerworld for the last couple of days. We were on it early and often the first day the swell dropped enough for that spot, so we got some really uncrowded surf before the horde figured out it was the place to go. But they did figure it … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands 29th September 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Sep 29th surf report We've had some swell around for a few days. Rifles was sizable one day but, again, we could only get a couple of windows when it was clean. But one wave during a window can change your life! Pictures attached. We've had good winds for Rifles quite a bit for the last two days, but the swell was a third the … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands, 26th September 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Sep 26th surf report Our swell didn't come through like we had hoped, but we still had plenty of fun waves around. Today the winds were out of the north so we had a go at Nipusi first thing, hoping to get a few waves before the winds went good for Hideaways. Nipusi was bigger than we anticipated, but it turned out to be a fun, … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands 22nd Sept Surf Report
Sep 22nd surf report It's been a tough year for Rifles and the trend continues. We've had enough swell for it to break well for days, but the winds just would not cooperate. There have been a couple of windows and we took advantage of them when we could, like this morning before the onshores began to howl. (pictured) Maybe tomorrow! … [Read more...]
The Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands 20th Sept 2013
The Kandui Surf Resort, Mentawai Islands Sep 20st surf report Hideaways has been delivering for us lately. A new swell starts filling in tomorrow so we are hoping for more of the same! … [Read more...]
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