Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaya surfboard in Macaroni, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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Jump off the rock just after winki or walk down the sewage path at the end of the carpark, both kinda sketchy DistanceTake a car WalkInstant access (< 5min) Easy to find?Easy to find Public access?Public access Special accessDon't know |
Wave qualityChoss
ExperienceAll surfers
FrequencyRarely break (5day/year)
TypeReef-rocky
DirectionRight
BottomReef (coral, sharp rocks etc..)
PowerHollow, Fast, Powerful, Ledgey, Slab
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthLong (150 to 300 m)
Good swell directionSouth, SouthEast, East
Good wind directionWest, SouthWest, South, SouthEast, East
Swell sizeStarts working at 2.5m-3m / 8ft-10ft and holds up to 5m / 16 ft and over
Best tide positionMid and high tide
Best tide movementRising and falling tides
Week crowdEmpty
Week-end crowdEmpty
- Urchins
- Rocks
- Man-made danger (buoys etc..)
- Sharks
watch a couple of the locals before you kill yourself, and hang out the back so dont hang on the shoulder. park your car in the carpark, someone threw the parking sign away so yeah..........
Atmosphere
really choss spot, usually works on anything 3M +, most of the swells come from the south or the east, so winds may not always be perfect. locals pretty chilled
General
only for the experienced, and the wave always varies
Author: Seb van Veenendaal Contributors (3)
By Anonymous , 30-11-2006
drop - the guy at the end of the video on the surfboard, is fuckin crazy, that drop to barrel!!!!!!!!!1
By anonymous , 16-05-2006
vid - mate looked at that vid, im in some of them i remember the waves... like 2 mins in the vid the drop and then that barrel, i remember that wave one of the funnest waves of my life winki is, deadmans tho is just insane those know-it-alls saying its soft, go out there n take some of those pits, after that then u can say ur hardcore
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By Anonymous , 15-05-2010
pumping - saw deadies 2 day its 6-8ft and barreling on the outer reef and then slabbing up into a crazy barel on the inside b4 exploding on the cliff.
Went out there the day b4 with my friend and he is sittin 2 far in and then this fat clean up set comes through and he gets nailed.
Heaps of respect 4 anyone who charges out there it is deadly
ps im a grom first time out