Mentawai

Join Mark Occhilupo for 11 days on The Oasis in the Mentawais—uncrowded waves, deck stories, and a premium, limited-capacity surf trip.

Latest Perfect Wave travel advice for surfers and travellers from Australia to Indonesia.

Dreaming of peeling waves without the crowds? Sumatra’s off-season is the secret. November to March, you’ll have lineups all to yourself.

The Mentawai Islands deliver some of the most consistently excellent surf on the planet, with reef setups that have earned legendary status

Why do we like April for a surf trip? It's a great time of the year to go surfing all over the globe. Maldives, Indonesia, Pacific & beyond.

We caught up with Captain Moose ahead of the 2025 surf season. By the time of our interview, Crystal Clear had already completed Trip 1.

Perfect Wave is constantly searching the globe for the best surfing experiences. This is one of the most fun parts of our business.

MV Addiction is one of the best surf charters in the Mentawai. At the end of the 2024 surf season, we caught up with captain Dee, and had a

The Oasis is a Mentawai classic. This spacious 80-foot boat has been fully renovated and rebuilt this season.

The ultimate Mentawai surf trip, where the world finest waves are joined seamlessly with the luxuries of brand-new, stunning vessels.

If you are a travelling surfer, it's more exciting than Christmas! Indian Ocean Surf season is showing its true colours now.

I reckon every surfer with social media will already know the last month in Indo has been cooking.

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The Indian Ocean has sprung in to life with all of our favourite swell sources firing up and sending pulses and lines toward some of the pla

2024 is one of those years when the swells of January and February started pushing in to medium to solid swells in March.

Mentawai, still great boats available for open charters and exclusive charters.

"A shout out to The Naga Laut! I’ll be going back to the Mentawai as much as possible for a long time to come."

Kandui Villas is a slick, Eco-conscious family Resort, located in the heart of the Mentawai, in the prolific Playgrounds Region.

Australians can finally travel internationally from 1 November 2021 when border closures officially ended.

SurfAid programs provide a hand-up, never a hand-out, ensuring real and sustainable improvements

Mentawai 2020 highlights from Bilou Beach Villas - the perfect place for the perfect, affordable surf holiday.

Have you ever dreamed of scoring empty Indonesian perfection? Perfect Wave have an opportunity that gets you there NOW!

Waves have been pumping, a few days ago it was mind blowing! You can see on the video we shot in April how mental it has been. 

We planted every day from the start of February and now we are pretty much 100% self sustainable

A glimmer of hope is firing up the imaginations of surfers, many of us are inevitably starting to dream of where we would rather be surfing

Our five most popular surf charter destinations and five key components to organizing a successful surf charter.

The untold story is that of the local seafarers and their contribution to the creations of the modern Mentawai Surf Charters.

Surfing is just you and your surfboard riding waves in the ocean – with all of its constantly changing moods.

Guests have been surfing 4bobs, Bikinis, Aframes, and Rifles the most, but also took a few trips to other spots on nearby islands.

Surfers are definitely one of the most nomadic of tribes.Whether we’re on recreational surfaris with friends, cruisey island hops with a p

Switchfoot - a recent addition to our Mentawai charter fleet. Offers the best combination of great design, comfort and years of experience.

Last winter for the third year in succession, this group of young and older frothers scored perfect waves at a surf coaching trip in the Mal

Film maker, Justin McMillan and some mates just returned from a Mentawai surf charter Naga Laut, booked through The Perfect Wave.

As an owner of a surf travel company, I am extremely lucky to be able to get away a fair bit and check out some of the most amazing places o

SheSurfs is a fast-growing all-girls surf fraternity run by 2 bubbly characters from the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Mikala & Hayley

Enjoy an exclusive video from Perfect Wave of the MV Addiction surf charter in Mentawai and see all the great waves waiting to be scored.