To get to Padang surfers fly from Singapore (3x /week) or from Jakarta (2x /day). At padang usually the surfers stay at the hotel Bumi Minang for a day waiting for the yatch charters to leave which happens every night from the Bungus port, located at 80 nautical miles from the nearest surf spot.

  The climate conditions here are completely different than the conditions found in other parts of Indonesia. Storms known as “Sumatras” are common and build up and move without warning. A clear, calm morning can easily turn into a day of violent storms. You are surfing the equator where it´s common to get onshore winds by late morning. Opposite to Bali, East, where the trade winds (E.S.E.) blow strong and steady during the dry season, on upper Sumatra these winds come and go at any time only blowing with a bit more intensity for a short while sometimes.
  Anyway, the diversity in the islands position guarantee that there is always a spot with offshore winds at any wind direction plus the consistency of the swell where at any swell size there will always be surfable waves somewhere even when the swell is small.

  Apart from that, there is a huge abundance of sea life and places with almost unexplored spots that every year surprises with new discoveries of world class waves.

Main surf spots:
The Mentawais islands hold an incredible diversity of surf spots with excellent conditions for surfing with different positioning and angles, but the best is to get there and start the search for your perfect wave as there still are a lot of places unexplored still.

Amongst the main surf spots of Mentawais islands are:

Nyang-nyang área:

-E-bay:
Fast and hollow left that needs a West swell, ideal between 4 to 8 feet. Whatch out for the end section.


-Pit Stops:
Right hand hot-dog style that holds up to 6 feet and ends on the sand.

-Key hole:
Left that get in very good conditions when E-bay gets too big.

South area of Nyang-nyang:

-Nipussi:
Easy and consistent right that hold up to 8 feet swell, ideal at 4 to 6 feet S/SW swell specially when the other spots are small.


-Bankvaults:
It´s a powerful and hollow right hand that when gets big can become dangerous. Best with S/SW swell up to 10 feet.


-Burger world:
Located at Sinyuanyau, this right hand needs a good swell to break and can be hollow or mushy depending on swell direction. Best with swell from S/SW, 2 to 4 feet.

-Promises:
At Koroniki´s area, this right offer a good wall for maneuver with speed needing a north wind to become good.

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