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here</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Overview of the West Java:</strong></p> <p>West Java is located on the western tip of Indonesia's most populated Island Java and is only a few hours drive from Jakarta, although the area is so close to Jakarta, generally the area is more typical of any other indonesian coastal area with live based around fishing and farming with some tourism, mainly aimed at visitors from jakarta.</p> <p><strong>The Waves: </strong></p> <p>Apart from Panaitan island, west java generally lacks the quality and quantity of many other areas in Indonesia, the waves here are generally very average beach breaks with the odd fun reef, its not really the place for surfers seeking Indo barrel perfection but if your in Jakarta or need a more mellow option, then the area may be worth a trip.</p> <p><strong>Crowd wise: </strong>Due to being located so close to Jakarta crowds numbers can vary greatly, although the area is not a big surf destination in Indonesia, there are many local and expat surfers based in Jakarta and on holidays and weekends crowding can occur especially at Cimaja and even these days further afield at Turtles.</p> <p><strong><a name="spots" id="spots"></a>West Java surf spots: </strong>Description and video's</p> <p><strong>Cimja-</strong> Is the main wave of focus in West Java a fairly reliable right that breaks over a mix of sand reef/ rock boulders bottom, its not your typical indonesian wave and although can offer barrels is more a high performance wave, of average length, can get crowded with local surfers, visitors and expats from Jakarta.</p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TN9KgUQ8G7U?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TN9KgUQ8G7U?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <p>There are also other waves in this area like <strong>Indicators, Karang sari, Loji's lefts, Sawarna</strong> most of these waves are fairly mellow waves apart from Indicators and Sawarna.</p> <p>Further around the bay is also another area with a few waves, including the big wave rights of <strong>Ombak Tujuh(seven waves), Ujung geneteng, Mamas and Turtles, </strong>with Turtles being the most surfed and highest quality wave.</p> <p>(vid)Turtles and Cimja pretty on very good days.</p> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WkNv_jjvHUM?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WkNv_jjvHUM?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <p><font size="2"><a href="#top">back to top ^</a></font></p> <p><strong><font color="#999999"><a name="resorts"></a>Surf camps/resort:</font></strong></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF">There are no surf camps as such in the area but there are a variety of accommodation options in the form of losmens and resorts, surf guides and transport can normally be organized through where you are staying, we are only going to list losmens/resorts here that aim directly at surfers that also have web sites.</font></p> <p><strong>Pondok Kencana hotel & Ombak tujuh pub</strong>-located a 5 minute walk from Cimaja right, bungalow/villa style accommodation, from about $10 to $50 a night <a href="http://www.ombaktujuh.net/" target="_blank"><strong>www.ombaktujuh.net</strong></a></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF"><strong>Cimaja square- </strong>Private bungalow/villa's set among rice fields, weekly rates from about $100-$170 <a href="http://cimajasquare.com/" target="_blank"><strong>www.cimajasquare.com</strong></a></font></p> <p><strong>Batu besar losmen-</strong> Located at turtles, from about $15- $30 pp pn to, the higher rates include meals <strong><a href="http://www.batubesar.net/" target="_blank">www.batubesar.net</a></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#999999"><a name="boats"></a>Charter boats that focus on the West java:</font></strong></p> <p><font color="#FFFFFF">Charter boats generally don't focus on west java apart from Panaitan Island (see Pa nation Island page) however at times, charter boats may enter the west java area if conditions are no good at Panaitan or to seek waves that are more suitable to guest surfing abilities.</font></p> <p><font size="2"><a href="#top">Back to top ^</a></font></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><p> </p></td> </tr> </table></td> <td valign="top"><table width="0%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td><p> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td> 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