Mentawai Surfing Information

The Mentawai Islands lie roughly 100 km off of the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. They consist of 4 main islands with many smaller islands scattered throughout. From north to south, the main islands are Siberut, Sipora, North Pagi, and South Pagi. These islands block most swells from reaching the mainland on Sumatra, but they offer some of the most perfect surf in the world. Access to the islands is by sea only with regular ferries to the main trading ports, but by far the best way to access the surf is by charter boat.

The Mentawais is the ultimate surf trip. The Mentawais are located some 130 km off the west coast of West Sumatra and the island chain offers some of the best surf to be found anywhere in the world

Selecting your surf charter boat may frankly be the most important decision you make while planning your Mentawais trip. The quality and maintenance of the vessel, the charter operation at large, and the experience of the captain and crew will make or break your trip. Wavehunters offers 9 surf charter boats in the Mentawais. We have opted to work with these vessels because each of these boats in our experience offers a competitive or tactical edge over other Mentawais vessels. Each of these vessels and their crews have logged a minimum of 3-10 years experience in the Mentawais islands. Each of these boats and/or their skippers and crews have a positive track record for a minimum of 3-10 seasons which speaks for itself.

When to go:
The Mentawais receive large swells between the months of May and October with waves ranging up to (and over) fifteen feet. When the swells are large there is often the opportunity to surf smaller breaks. There are swells year round and always good waves to be found for all skill levels, from pro to amateur. There is also good fishing, diving, and trekking

The best spots:
There are four large Mentawai islands and many smaller islands scattered throughout. The most northerly is Siberut which contains an amazing area of world class in a five mile radius. Also to the North there are the Tellos Islands and the island of Nias.

Immediately to the south is Sipora which is home to world famous waves such as Telescopes and HT's. A little way to the south are North and South Pagai. Home to Maccaroni's, Thunder's, and many more world class spots you've never even heard of.
Indonesia is one of the most consistent surf destinations in the world. The Mentawai islands block most swells from reaching the mainland on Sumatra, but they offer some of the most perfect surf in the world. Access to the islands is by sea only with regular ferries to the main trading ports, but by far the best way to access the surf is by charter boat.

Tips Learn to Surf for Beginners

Learn to surf is better when younger, but age is not capabilities to learn surf, surf is make more healty you know..

to learn surfing you must can to swim, because the amount of learning, is doing swimming rather than riding the waves.

Learning to surf will make a stronger upper chest due to the amount of time spent swimming.

For beginners, a swimming pool can be used to learn.

Before pedaling into the surrounding ocean, the conditions must be known and in particular your ability and the condition of a change of tide.

For beginners to learn on a sandy beach as surfing on Kuta Beach is very safe, do not study the waves on the beach hard and stony corals such as Uluwatu or Dreamland.

And the tips is :

1. Determine the balance point - for beginners it is recommended to determine the balance point on the same wax can be used, the balance point is made when you are surfing the supine position on your chin in the board, chin position is marked with a wax, at any time chin positions that have been marked this as a reference surf board so that you react the same each time (every time).
2. Surfboard nose into the water, immediately returned to positions where the chin is located (above marked earlier), to balance the surf board back slightly backward from the mark.
3. Give much pressure on the back of a surfboard with the weight of your body, move forward until the surf board is really stable on the water.  
4. On the surf board, do not do a lot of movement when sitting or trying to sit in the board because it would eliminate the effect of balance on the board for beginners to learn to surf, try to calm down. One key to learning to surf is calm . 
5. On the surf board. Do not stand up because you'll be upside down, standing modestly (like horses), hands on hips, eyes toward the future, you will fall when the eyes see down
6. Practice, practice the techniques you taught surfing instructor on ground before sliding into the water. 

Places to Learn Surfing In BALI

Ussualy, the Kuta Beach where the beginners who wants to learning or  has never been surfing and want to learn to surf or for proffesional surfers to hang around in Kuta. School or course surfing in Bali in general perform all the activities is in:

• Kuta Beach
• Dreamland Beach 
• Medewi Beach
• Bingin Beach
• Uluwatu Beach
• Balangan Beach