Have you ever dreamed of scoring empty Indonesian perfection? Right now is the time! Perfect Wave Travel have an opportunity that permits you to surf Indo even with the borders locked to tourism. There is one catch though, you have to be able to get there.

It’s not easy, or cheap, but for the committed it is possible! It’s a special custom service that we must tailor to your individual circumstances. Email us right now to discuss how we can have you in the line up surfing uncrowded perfection within weeks. If your country of residence allows you to travel and you can get a flight to Jakarta, then this is your opportunity. 🥳

However, unfortunately for countries like us here in Australia we can’t even leave the country without government approval, but we can dream!

There’s no one around right now in the Mentawai. Photo courtesy HT’s Resort
There’s no one around right now in the Mentawai. Photo courtesy HT’s Resort

 

There has never been a better time since the pioneering days to go surfing in Indonesia than now!
Rifles Kandui Villas Mentawai
Score the wave of your life in Indo now minus the crowds. Rifles with no one – the other week. Photo Kandui Villas

 

Most surfers have dreamed of surfing epic, uncrowded Indo barrels ever since the release of Albe Falzon’s infamous classic, “Morning Of The Earth” in 1972 featuring Rusty Miller, Stephen Cooney and co surfing perfect, empty Uluwatu. The Morning Of The Earth pioneers scored epic Bukit barrells in the 70’s, then Thornton and Joe Engel scored empty Nias in the 80’s as featured in Hoole/Mcoy’s Stormriders, triggering more dreams and opening up more Indonesian surf destinations to frothing surf travellers.

The Morning Of The Earth

Thornton at Nias in Storm Riders
Thornton at Nias in Storm Riders

 

Not long after the Nias discovery Captain Martin Daly pioneered the Mentawais in 83/84 as told in the below GOPro doco…

 

The rest is history as they say … millions of successful surf missions, barrels ridden and memories and lifestyles loved until… Covid 19, and the so-called new normal.

Fast forward to Indo season 2020. Governments the world over have locked their citizens down in some way shape or form. However, select resorts in Indonesia have recently opened up.

 

Kandui Villas

Kandui Villas Mentawai

Macaronis

macaronis resort mentawai

HTs Resort

hts resort mentawai

 
If you can get to Indonesia, we can get you in there now.

Below are some examples of the empty perfection on offer in the Mentawai during lockdown. You could be there within weeks!

 

 

Written by:
Jamie Gray

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