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Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaia surfboard in Lances Left, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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Super Suck
Indonesia, Sumbawa
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Datum: WGS84 [ Help ] |
Latitude: 8° 56.157' S |
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Near the village of Maluk about a half hour past the town of Taliwang. DistanceDon't know WalkDon't know Easy to find?OK Public access?Don't know Special accessBy boat only |
Surf Spot Characteristics
Surf Spot Quality
Wave qualityWorld Class
ExperienceAll surfers
FrequencyRarely break (5day/year)
Wave
TypeReef-coral
DirectionLeft
BottomReef (coral, sharp rocks etc..)
PowerHollow, Fast, Powerful, Ledgey
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthLong (150 to 300 m)
Tide, Swell and Wind
Good swell directionSouthWest, South
Good wind directionNorthWest, SouthEast, East, NorthEast
Swell sizeStarts working at Over 3.5m / 12ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+
Best tide positionMid and high tide
Best tide movementFalling tide
More details
Week crowdUltra crowded
Week-end crowdUltra crowded
Dangers
- Urchins
- Rips / undertow
- Rocks
- Private beach
- Localism
- Sharks
Additional Information
A good left hander, takes a massive swell to break, caps on the outside before sucking out on the inside reef. Short, intense and fickle.
Pull in and go: this is one of the best waves in the world in my opinion. The longest barrels I have gotten (15 sec. +) super shallow and super sharp but worth it.Big walls of water break off a boil rock on the outside of the bay and suck up into a thick and heavy left that bowls and winds down the reef for a few hundred meters. The inside section of this reef gets really shallow.
Atmosphere
Sumbawa, located east of lombok. People are not to friendly towards Americans on the island. Best if you charter a boat from bali. anywhere from 0 - 00 U.S.
General
Pretty average wave by Indo standards, and ultra rare. Offshore in dry season trades, but strange micro climates due to the heating and cooling of the mountainous and desert coast line often cause day long onshores, even though you can see the whitecaps of the trades on the horizon. Any onshores ruin this wave completly. Very shallow, high risk, short reward.
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By Anonymous , 16-01-2010
its embarassing - we used to surf here in the early 90-s....no one knew how good it got...I went back with my old friend and i was embarresed about all the boogie boarders....
By Anonymous , 08-01-2009
- We had it firing for a few days in June, epic place. There were 10 second barrels being had by Hawaiians every set. Hard to get one. There are a group of hawaiians who go down every year, they own the hotel on the beach.
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By Anonymous , 26-02-2010
Stay home - If you have nothing good to say. Embarrassed by all the bodyboarders? What you got embarassed because they ride the barrel better than you? And you couldn't pull in with your teapot kettle stance? Stick to Kuta Beach.
We are all here to have fun, catch waves, and celebrate life. Take your soap box, and shove it up your ass. No one wants to hear it. Seriously.