KAIMANA

KAIMANA CHARTERS

Large air-conditioned chill out area with comfy lounges with flat screen TV, DVD player & pumping stereo.  Five twin air-conditioned cabins - get away from the 'dorm style'.

Kaimana is an 80ft luxury motor boat, built in 2004 in Padang, Sumatra where she is moored and maintained. She is a strong, wooden boat laminated with fibreglass and powered by 2 x Mitsubishi 8DC9. At full speed she cruises at 10 knots getting you to the best waves in the world comfortably and safely.
Kaimana is specifically built for surfers, with all modern facilities including: 
  
2 bathrooms/toilets. Upstairs open covered area with stereo.  This is a great spot to watch your mates get sick pits. From the top deck, watch the sunset or stare up to the stars at night in this ultimate surfing paradise.

THE PRICE

Bookings of 1 - 7 Passengers USD$2750 per person.

For larger group bookings please contact us for discount prices.

Kaimana needs a minimum of 8 passengers to sail and a maximum of 10. 

Includes:

• 10 days / 11 nights of luxury accommodation onboard Kaimana
• Airport transfers - to & from Kaimana
• Food - 3 daily gourmet meals
• Snacks - including fresh fruit, nuts, biscuits and chocolate bars
• Drinks - freshly brewed Sumatran coffee, tea, purified water, soft drinks & juice
• 3 icy cold beers a day
• Use of all onboard equipment including fishing and snorkelling gear
• Government and Harbour permits
• Mentawai Government Tax

* prices are for CHARTER ONLY and subject to change at anytime.

THE SURF

We've listed the main breaks from North to South with many other spots available.

Burgerworld - This is a mushy pointbreak - like righthander. Can offer barrels at times, but usually long rippable walls with many cutback sections.
E-Bay - This is a hollow left that barrels off the take-off with a short wall down the line. A great option when a lot of swell is hitting.
Pit Stops - This is the right off the peak at E-Bay Usually a playful right that can offer some cover-ups off the take-off, but mostly a high performance waves with air sections at the end. Ends in a sandy channel.
Bank Vaults - A heavy righthander that barrels and spits. Usually larger than most spots in the area. Watch out for clean-up sets.
Nipussi - A shorter right that breaks down the point from Bank Vaults. Definitely fun and rippable. Usually has fairly deep water from the takeoff to the inside. Ends in a riptide that sucks all the water back out to sea. A good option when there’s not much swell, and usually the most consistent spot in the area.
Hideaways - A very hollow left that can be shalow at times. It comes out of deep water, then unloads on a shallow section of reef before barreling towards the channel. Can get very shallow at low tides.
No Kanduis - A long barrelling left that wraps around a small island. Usually very sectiony, but can line up on the largest of swells. Many barrels on offer, but usually only makeable for one or two sections before clsing out and racing down the line.
Four Bobs - This is a small peak for when there is heaps of swell, or guys looking for a mellower option. Mainly a right with a short barrell off the takeoff, but quickly dies off into the channel. There’s an even shorter left, but usualy not worth the effort. 
Rifles - One of the best waves in the Mentawais. A very long righthander that wraps around the other side of the same island as No Kanduis. Rarely makeable from start to finish, but even just from section to section you can get rides up to 100 yards or longer. Nice and hollow once it’s a few feet overhead, but usually more sectiony at smaller sizes.
Icelands - Another consistent lefthander for when the swell is smaller. Usually always has some riddable surf, even when other breaks are flat.
Telescopes - A perfect wrapping left reef. Long walls wrap around the reef with very few sections on larger days. Mostly breaks in pretty deep water, but it can get heavy and shallow on the inside on the bigger days.
Scarecrows - Breaks off of an island just south of Telescopes. Good lefts but a bit more less predictable and shifty. It’s a short, wedgy wave that works best on a dropping high tide.
Bintangs - A short and hollow right across the channel from Lance’s Left. As the wave approaches the reef, the bottom drops out before barreling towards the channel. 
Lance’s Left - Long left walls wrap down the point before hitting the last section, which is the main take-off area. Great hollow section after the take-off. A bigger gun helps on the larger days. 
Hollow Trees (HT’s, Lance’s Right) - A great righthander that has been all over the surf mags and videos over the last decade. The main takeoff spot is up the point where most of the waves start barrelling and peel flawlessly down the reef. On larger swells it can be very shifty and hard to read. It can shift more to the end bowl where it can break, reform, then bowl again into the channel. The inside is very shallow and is often referred to as the “surgeon’s table” due to the many reef-cuts doled out to traveling surfers.
Macaronis - One of the most perfect waves in the world. A very hollow wave with many shallow spots. Lefts start from way up the point, then gradually slow down as it approaches the channel. The further up the point you paddle, the faster it barrels when you take-off. After the initial barrel ride, this wave offers one of the most rippable walls for any maneuvers you can think of.
Rags Left - A great lefthander that can hold the biggest swells. It is very hollow and can often dish out some of the heaviest hold-downs in the island chain. Usually a bit more water moving around so a larger board can be useful. 
Rags Right - A shorter, hollow right on the southern end of Rags Island. Similar to HT’s only a little shorter, but just as good. It can be fickle, but it’s one of the best rights in the islands.
Thunders - Another large left that picks up and can hold the biggest swells. It’s a top to bottom wave on the outside, that gets a bit mellower on the inside section. Another wave that usually has a lot of water moving, so a bigger board can come in handy. 
The Hole - Another very hollow left off a small island in the southern end of the Mentawais. Starts barrelling off the takeoff, but never really stops until a closeout section at the end of the reef. Definitely not a place to strighten out at. 

 STUFF TO BRING

TERMS & CONDITIONS

All payments are non-refundable.  A 50% deposit of the entire trip amount is required to hold your spot.  The balance is due 60 days prior to departure.  

If booking within 60 days prior to departure full payment is due at time of booking.

No refund will be given due to late arrival or early departure from dates booked in advance.  No refund will be given for unused transfers or meals.  

Please contact us for details.

The above policies are non-negotiable.  We strongly advise protecting yourself with traveler’s insurance.  Below is a link to a provider we highly recommend.

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