Bintang

Overview Surfing Pricing Highlights Location

Bintang is a 110ft Schooner, the largest Western owned vessel in the Mentawai Islands and is set up exclusively for surf charters. Built by Classic Yachts, Freemantle Western Australia in 1988 Bintang is powered by a Gardiner 6XLB165 BHP 165 hp engine and has a cruising speed of 8 kts, 15 kts under full sail.

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Surfing Highlights

Suicides

Aptly named, this high performance right off Awera Island is very shallow and can only be surfed on a mid to high tide due to the reef. However produces an amazing barrel and the locals love this break.

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Hollow Trees

One of the worlds greatest right barrels, HT’s has been all over the surf mags and videos over the last decade. The main takeoff spot is up the point where most of the waves start barrelling and peel flawlessly down the reef. On larger swells it can be very shifty and hard to read. It can shift more to the end bowl where it can break, reform, then bowl again into the channel. The inside is very shallow and is often referred to as the “surgeon’s table” due to the many reef-cuts doled out to travelling surfers.

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Lance’s Left

This left-hander is a consistent and frequently surfed crowd-pleaser. Lance’s Left has the ability to hold big swells and can offer up rippable walls and some little tube sections. It can also handle an onshore wind and still have fun waves. Facing Southwest makes this spot very consistent however its nature become more serious when there’s a large swell running.

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Cobras

A short distance up the reef from Lance’s Left, you will find this intense left-hander. It gets really shallow on the low tide and prefers a bit more water. Due to the shallowness it is normally relatively uncrowded. On a South swell and East wind it is a non-stop barrel from the takeoff all the way to the channel where the wave spits you out. Therefore appropriately named, The Cobra.

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Bintangs

A short and hollow right across the channel from Lance’s Left. As the wave approaches the reef, the bottom drops out before barreling towards the channel. When conditions are prime, Bintangs delivers amazing, round barrels and extremely fun, rippable walls. A major advantage of Bintangs is that on the days when the dreaded North wind blows out most spots in the Mentawais, Bintangs is offshore and pumping.

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Telescopes

The most famous wave in the area its hard to beat this wave for its variations of sections. A long left with mutiple deep barrel opportunities, can hold real size. Made famous by the Young Guns 2 movie with Kelly Slater and Co having a load of fun with Indies Trader 4 and a helicopter!

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Iceland’s

The swell magnet for the area, Icelands is a left with many faces. An easy going west peak look fun but the main part of the wave loves the south swell angle produces a solid drop, barrel section and bowls at the end. Can be very heavy on its day.

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Scarecrows

Breaks off of an island called Tugat Nusa just south of Telescopes. Great consistent left as exposed to South as well as SW swell. Best on a dropping high tide with the end section named the Curry bowl the pick of the wave for barrel riders.

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Seven Palms

Not very well known wave which makes it a very good choice when conditions are right as not a lot of charter boats know this wave. A great walling left with occasional hollow sections. Tucked in a small bay in the middle of Sipora you have to know where it is to find it, but worth it when its on.

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Ombak Tikus

Meaning Mouse Wave, this lesser known fun left is up the beach from Villa Mentawai. Ombak Tikus is a hidden gem and fun for most levels of surfer depending on the size. At 2-3 ft super fun and user friendly, however over 4-5ft it takes on a different look and feel.

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Pricing & Packages

7 nights per person from USD $1659

The Mentawai Islands offer some of the best surf to be found anywhere in the world, with more perfect left and right hander waves in one region than anywhere on earth. The Mentawai group of Islands attracts swells all year round with the most consistent season generally being between March and November.

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The Boat

Bintang is a 110ft Schooner, the largest Western owned vessel in the Mentawai Islands and is set up exclusively for surf charters. Built by Classic Yachts, Freemantle Western Australia in 1988 Bintang is powered by a Gardiner 6XLB165 BHP 165 hp engine and has a cruising speed of 8 kts, 15 kts under full sail.

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Activities

The 25 x 20ft saloon has a state of the art entertainment centre which includes TV, VCR, Digital and video play backs of days surfing. There is also a DVD / CD stereo surround sound system. On deck is spacious with a seating area for 16. It is perfect for tropical nights sampling the local cuisine and freshly caught seafood after a hard days surfing.

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Surfing

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