🏝️ Top Surf Breaks in the Mentawai Islands

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🌊 SIPORA ISLAND (Home of Mentawai Surf Lodge)

These are the breaks closest to your lodge — perfect for daily boat access and surf package descriptions.

• Scarecrows – Directly in front of Mentawai Surf Lodge
  • Type: Left-hand reef break
  • Skill Level: Intermediate to advanced
  • Highlights: Long walls, occasional barrels, playful sections, super consistent.

• Telescopes
  • Type: Long left-hander
  • Skill Level: Intermediate to expert
  • Highlights: Long peeling walls, mechanical perfection on clean days, great for photos.

• Icelands
  • Type: Left-hand reef break
  • Skill Level: Advanced
  • Highlights: Heavy and powerful waves; best for tube hunters and big swell days.

• Hookers
  • Type: Hollow left-hander
  • Skill Level: Advanced
  • Highlights: Thick barrels, very fast sectioning wave; a true Mentawai classic.

• Ombak Tidur (Sleeping Wave)
  • Type: Right-hander
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Highlights: Mellow, super fun and playful; great for a warm-up session.

• Ariks
  • Type: Right-hand reef break
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Highlights: Reliable, playful wave with long rides and smooth shoulders.

• Seven Palms
  • Type: Left-hand reef break
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Highlights: Smooth walls and fun sections; less crowded than the marquee spots.

• Resorts Right (Nipussi)
  • Type: Right-hand reef break
  • Skill Level: Beginner to intermediate
  • Highlights: Easy take-offs and long rides; ideal for cruising and style surfing.

• Rifles (short boat trip north from Sipora)
  • Type: Long, reeling right-hander
  • Skill Level: Advanced to expert
  • Highlights: Often the “best right in the world”; can run for 400+ meters.

    

🌴 SIBERUT ISLAND (Northern Mentawais)

These breaks are world-famous for their power and perfection.

• Bankvaults – Heavy, barreling right
• Nipussi – Mellow, long right-hand wall
• Kandui Left – Long, perfect barrels; one of the Mentawais’ crown jewels
• Beng Bengs – Playful left; great for intermediates
• Pitstops – User-friendly right; beautiful setting and forgiving reef
• E-Bay – Hollow lefts with photogenic barrels

🌅 NORTH PAGAI ISLAND

• Macaronis (aka “Maccas”) – Often rated as one of the most perfect waves on Earth
  • Type: Mechanical left-hand reef break
  • Skill Level: Intermediate to advanced
  • Highlights: Barrel sections, perfect shape, consistent year-round.
• Greenbush
  • Type: Heavy, barreling left
  • Skill Level: Expert
  • Highlights: Deep tubes, thick lip, one of the heaviest waves in the Mentawais.

    

🐚 SOUTH PAGAI ISLAND

• Rags Left – Fast, barreling, extremely consistent
• Rags Right – Short, hollow right-hand barrel
• Thunders – Consistent left-hander that handles large swells
• Lance’s Left – Perfect left-hander with long wrapping walls
• Lance’s Right (HT’s / Hollow Trees) – Iconic world-class right barrel; one of Indonesia’s best

⚡ Bonus: Outer & Secret Spots

Mentawai locals and guides often include a few less-crowded breaks depending on swell and tide:

• Suicides, Bat Caves, Silabu Left, Mini Macas, Burgerworld, and Kandui Right

Region: Sipora (Your Area)

Famous Breaks: Scarecrows, Telescopes, Icelands, Hookers

Notes: Great variety; easy access from Mentawai Surf Lodge

Region: Siberut

Famous Breaks: Kandui Left, Bankvaults, E-Bay

Notes: Barrel heaven; advanced surfers

Region: North Pagai

Famous Breaks: Macaronis, Greenbush

Notes: Legendary perfection; consistent

Region: South Pagai

Famous Breaks: Thunders, Lance’s Right

Notes: Heavy, powerful, reliable