Mentawai

If you want to surf in the Mentawai waves, below is the guide on how to get there.

Surf travelers can now access one of the worlds best surfing & diving regions in less than 3 hours from Singapore, which includes your visa/immigration stop!

Your first destination is Padang, the West Sumatra capital.

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I once met SurfAid International CEO Dr Dave Jenkins in Padang, West Sumatra, a few years ago, when I worked as journalist there.

At that time, he asked me to take care a few features of SurfAid’s website. Hopefully, he still remembers me…

However, I always remember one thing: he and his organization have a noble mission in Mentawai!

Six years ago, he went on a surf charter to the Mentawai Islands with one goal in mind: to find perfect waves. The surf proved to be everything he had hoped for. Read full entry »

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There are 141,000 entries of Google matched with the word “mentawai”.

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Welcome to the Mentawai travel blog!

Yes, you got it right: Mentawai is another Bali for the world-class surfers.

According to Wikipedia, the Mentawai Islands are a chain of about 70 islands off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Siberut (4,030 km²) is the largest of the islands. The other major islands are Sipura, North Pagai (Pagai Utara) and South Pagai (Pagai Selatan).

The islands lie approximately 150 km off the Sumatran coast, across the Mentawai Strait.

Map source | Surfers’ photos source

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