go to padang on the main land and then get a good boat out to the south of the mentawaii island chain (need food and water for 4 day trip at least)need map to find unless you have a guide
The Hole on a longboard
Scored the hole - great conditions - nice perfect barrels - safer inside the barrel than out
comment by Anonumous., 2006-07-07 16:36:06
The Hole
The hole is a fantastic wave, but in recent years crowds have figured out about it, and it's a very dangerous wave if people are in the way... or if a crowd is pushing people deeper down the reef it get's very gnarly. Also it is inconsistent and if the wind isn't just right forget about it. But if you score it like I have years ago with nobody out and double overhead mindblowing pits... you'll be stoked as it's a very scary wave but offers up long psycho pretty pits.. just don't expect it. Mentawi is general has passed it's prime.
comment by no good, 2006-04-05 08:22:30
the south sucks
nah, don't even bother with the south part of the islands, the only reason to leave playgrounds is to go to HT's, don't even bother with maccas anymore, there's a surf camp now and when my boat was there all the guys in the surf camp just posted all day and we couldn't even get a wave. Then the captain took us south and the wind was all wrong and there weren't any spots for that direction wind. If we had been in playgrounds we could have just paddled over to another spot that was offshore and pumping. Lost a few days of my trip, i'll never get that back..
comment by baustin, 2007-10-26 17:00:59