Living the Dream: Mentawai surf trip

Mentawai Boat Trip - Is there anything better than surfing perfect waves and enjoying cold beers with a bunch of mates in paradise on your annual Mentawai surf trip? Not much comes close except of course your wedding day and the birth of your children, really. Anyway, just like so many of our clients do each year,  I make sure that my friends and I enjoy at least one yearly surf trip to one of our favourite destinations just...

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Learning to Surf in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands

Mentawai Boat Trip - I am a terrible surfer. Let that be stated now. Dropping into my first perfectly forming left-hand roller at Beng Beng’s, a popular surf break in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands, I was about as terrified out of my wits as I have been in any situation. After crashing into the white wash after a mere several seconds of glory standing up, the fear of falling subsided and the paradise that encompassed me came back into view....

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Mentawai Islands

Boat Trip Mentawai - The Mentawai Islands are a chain of about seventy islands and islets off the western coast of Sumatra in IndonesiaPagai Utara) and South Pagai (Pagai Selatan). The islands lie approximately 150 km off the Sumatran coast, across the Mentawai Strait. The indigenous inhabitants of the islands are known as the Mentawai people. The Mentawai Islands have become a noted destination for surfing. Siberut (4,030 km²)...

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Welcome

Mentawai Boat Trip - Surging Waters is proud to introduce Kaimana where you will enjoy a hassle free, well organised and professionally run Mentawai surf charter boat. With a tightly run ship we will make your Mentawai Islands experience a memorable one focussing on getting you maximum quality surf time. We will get you to the best waves in style and comfort and have a few tricks up our sleeves to avoid the crowds. After you have been barrelled...

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