Overview of the Sumba: Sumba is a fairly
large but remote island situated between Sumbawa and Rote,
a dry landscape with an interesting culture. Sumba is like
the wild west of Indonesia, dry, raw and wild, this
is
a place
where men still carry machetes and ride wild horses.
Waves: Like on land the waves of Sumba are
often raw and rugged, most of the coastline picks up a lot
of swell and if it's big it's often big everywhere, not many
roads lead to surf spots meaning perhaps the best way to surf
here is via boat.
Crowd
wise: Being such a rugged place with most of the
coastline hard to access and not much accommodation, crowds
in Sumba are normally low, however areas such as miller's
right and Watu Libung can get crowded.
Sumba surf spots: Description
and video's
These are only the most well known waves.
Nihiwatu/Occys left/gods left- The wave
that put Sumba on the map after occy appears surfing it in
an old billabong video, "Green Iguana" its a left
of high quality a fast barrel that wraps around a reef, with
quality
highly dependent
on tide and winds, word is you can only surf the wave if
you stay at the resort, we can't confirm if this is true
or not as the resort's web site doesn't state this (will
check it out and update)
Millers
right- One of the most popular
waves on the island, a long right reef/point, its not your
typical indo sucking straight bottom barrel, its
more a tight almond barrel with
fatter sections, or other days a fat wave with hollower sections,
think an indo style bells beach, this is perhaps one
of the few
waves
in
Sumba
that
can get
crowded.
Other waves- Various lefts and right
reefs, river mouths, and beachie's most packing power and
punch.
Mr David's losmen- very basic camp located
in the south east corner, Watu libung where there is a few
lefts mostly mellow, max guest 12, $35 pp pnnwww.eastsumba.com
Manggudu island resort- Small private island
with left and right on either side, basic bungalows, $35 pp
pn (possible closed, see web site) www.manggudu.com
Sumba nautil resort- Located near Nihiwatu,
up market bungalows & villas, surf packages available www.sumbanautilresort.com
#Rumor has always been only guest from this resort can surf
there, we will find out facts and if true will remove
link from web site.
Charter
boats that focus on Rote:
A few charter boats include the Sumba
area as part of there trip, they normally also visit, Savu
island and Rote and some visit the other islands of Sumbawa
or lombok.
Mahalo 3 Indonesian explorations- 46ft power
catamaran,cruising speed 15 knots, max 8 guestwww.mahalo3indo.com
Moana boat charter-Surfing,
Diving Charters 30m traditional pinisi schooner, cruising
speed 8 knots, max
10 guest www.moanacruising.com
Sri noa noa- charter boat from bali to rote,
46ft twin masted schooner, cruise speed 7 knots, max 7 guest,
10-14 day trips from $165+pp pd www.cruisebali.com
Sama sama boat charters- do trips to various
locations around Indo including rote www.boattrip.at/samasama
The lambo- Does charters throughout indonesia,
run by indo legend, jim banks,74 ft 2009 classic indonesian
built phinisi boat, cruising speed?, max guest 8, $2795 11
nights, www.indo-odyssey.com
Quest 1- Does charters throughout Indonesia,
boat used in rip curls tip to tip, 21 meter 1991 hong kong
built, modern grp constructed motor vessel, cruising speed
?, max guest
8, $4,167-$5000 13 nights www.neptune-charter.com
