TEATE Maldives surf charters

15% Discount on all rates !!!

Surfing on the Maldives is world class. But most surfers who have done a trip with a boat or to a resort have been in the northern atolls. This part nowadays is pretty crowded as up to five boats anchor on one break. With TEATE MALDIVES SURFBOAT CHARTER you will have another idea of the perfect surf. You will have the chance to discover the isolated southern parts which are rarely visited by any of the surf boats as it is more difficult to get there and many spots are unknown and still unsurfed.

Teate provides the elegance of Italian design, the reliability, high performance and low maintenance of German engines and the unequaled qualities of wood as a building material. The comfort is to private yacht standards, while the underlying engineering is to heavy workboats’ specifications. Detailed knowledge of the area and several years of experience in surf travel of the Staff guaranty a SURF TRIP OF YOUR LIFETIME. It is not necessary to charter the whole boat with a large group of friends ! WE DO ACCEPT SINGLE BOOKING !!! Just check the vacant spots with us...

Location:
Southern Maldives

Highlight:
Surfboat chartes in totally uncrowded spots

Level:
Medium to Expert

Products:
Surf Charters

Open:
May to Oct

THE BOAT


The TEATE Navigational systems include 2 GPS, radar, autopilot, and two echo sounders. For a quiet ride, the engine room and generators are fully sound insulated. The hull and machinery have been granted the "Maltese Cross 100 A5 motor yacht" rating by the Germanischer Lloyd surveying authority, attesting that TEATE is built to the most stringent of German safety standards and that all machinery has been thoroughly tested to match specifications.
M/Y Teate is protective of the environment. It’s a boat equipped with a US coast guard certified sewage treatment plant permitting us to reject treated sewage water in protected harbours.

ACCOMODATION
16 Guests in double cabins with ensuite bathrooms
1 Captain in private cabin with semiprivate bathroom
1 Surf Guide in private cabin with semiprivate bathroom
4 Crew in forepeak with private bathroom
Dining room for 18

Total comfort is catered to by eight cabins, sleeping two in each, with their own bathrooms; unlimited hot and cold water. They are exceptionally large measuring 3.75 x 2.75m on average with side by side berths rather than bunk beds. The air conditioning is controlled individually and ample storage is provided by cupboards and drawers.

The dining room seats 18 people and the fully equipped galley offers five star cuisine and service. Adjacent to the dining room, the bar offers a wide variety of alcoholic beverages, cold drinks and non stop snacks.

The saloon hosts a large area for games and entertainment where you will find a choice of board games, TV, videos, projector and sound system. You will also be able to send and receive emails (text only) via GMTS in most areas we are operating. The Teate will also offer a computer with video editing software to produce your own surf movies.


FOOD
Good surf may be dependent on the swell, but we guarantee you delicious, healthy food day in and day out on the Teate. Most meals are prepared by our experienced chef in a local style. The Maldivian cuisine is very tasty and often based on rice with fish and seasoned with curry sauces or hot spices.
Every night the crew catches fresh fish just for you. Tuna together with barracuda, trevallies and groupers are common meals. But also vegetable rissoles, spicy rice, curried chicken or fish as well as slices of bread, or fruits fried in the coconut palm oil are served.
Very strong tea is drunken with these dishes and many meals are assorted by cakes typical of the Maldivian cuisine.

For vegetarians we will make special arrangements. Please let us know in advance of your trip.


TECH SPECS
Hull: Wood & epoxy.
LOA: 31 m.
BOA: 7.2 m.
Draft: 2.5 m.
Displ: 130 T.
Fuel: 16000 liters
Water: 5000 liters + 11,000/Day Production
Cruising Speed: 12 knots.
Navigation Equipment:
48 miles radar
2 x Echosounder
2 x GPS chartplotter
HF/SSB long range radio
2 x VHF
GSM phone
Autopilot
Range: 1200 nautical miles @ 10 knots
Classification: Germanischer Lloyd.
Engines: 2 x MTU 12V183TE92 - 2 x 1000 HP@2300 rpm
Gearboxes: ZF BW165 ratio 2.5:1
Gensets: Onan 45 kW , Onan 25 kW, Kohler 4 kW
Compressors: 2 x Bauer Mariner 190 liters/min each.
Watermaker: 2 x Sea Recovery 1500 AF giving 1500 gal/day each.
Air Conditioning: Frigomar Water Chillers 156000 BTU/h

Facilities onboard
Scuba Diving Set Up for up to 8
Sundeck
Dining Area
Bar
Smoking & Non Smoking Area
First Aid
Onboard Games
Television / DVD & VCD players
Video & Photo Camera, Editing Station
Internet & Mobile Phones
Jet Ski: Tiger Shark 120 HP/3 seater.
Tender: Delta 6.7 m with 2 x 85 HP Yamaha outsport.

THE SURF


GAAFU DHAALU Atoll
It is said that the Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll is prone to fickle conditions during the time from May to August and offers world class conditions only in March, April and September to November. But this can not be confirmed neither by official wind statistics nor by our own experience. Right hander spots on the south facing coastline are always very well protected from typical north west to west-southwest winds. It is also rare that the wind blows from the wrong direction and strong enough to impact wave quality for the whole time of a day. But even if we experienced strong southerlies we are always able to visit spots on the east facing coastline that are as well protected as all other spots on the maldives. It may happen that you will experience a few hours downtime but you can be sure that you will have basically all spots for yourself fort he whole trip!

"Kaededhdhoo or Airports" Righthander
is fun when the swell is large. As it is on the west side of the atoll it doesnt receive as much swell as the other breaks. Lucky Punters will score good at Airports with a strong S-SW swell and NE wind.

"Beacons" or "Barracuda Point" Righthander
2 hrs away from the airport, at the first southern reef pass. Touted as the Maldive's gutsiest wave, Beacons powerful rights tube onto a shallow, unforgiving reef. SW swells will break down the reef, but a SE swell will create peaks slamming straight onto close-out sections of coral. Beacons is flanked by an unnamed left across the channel, which have its days in a big swell and tend to go unridden.

"Dhigulaabadhoo/ Castaways" Lefthander
across the channel from beacons we call it dhiraagu after the phone company in the maldives as the island is shaped like a phone. a sort of fat ride on the takeoff and if the swell direction is right can link up with another section on the inside where it produces a bit more speed and power, needs same wind as beacons and can be surfed on all tides.plenty of marine life around here common to see whale sharks.

"Blue Bowls" or "Voodoos" Righthander
Blue Bowls is the most flexible right, tucked inside the pass and protected from SW-W Winds. More of a point style wave, it has good a length of ride and nice bowly sections for performance moves. All swells, all tides and all sizes.

"Gani Point" or "Five Islands" Righthander
Five Islands is another righthander that breaks hard and hollow on the shallow reef inside. The eoutside section encourages deep takeoffs into racy walls and handles the biggest swells at all tides.

"Booga Reef" or "Two Ways" Right+Lefthander
Left and righthander - with the right usually coming up better but it needs a big swell to hit its protected position, making it at favourite with intermediates. Fun, peeling, long walls with a bit of depth to the water.

"Love Charms" Lefthander
are actually several reliable lefts, which can handle E winds and any size of swell. Low tide is the best when it is small, soft and broken into two distinct sections. Bigger swell morph into a long, hollow wall, with protected pockets.

"Rockets" or "Tiger Stripes" Lefthander
Named after the narrow gouges in the reef that give a striped effect, Tigers has some real growling left in a strong swell. Tricky take offs into a long speedy wall before committing to an inside tube section that wraps and peters out in the channel. Unimpressive when small, it always seems to be bigger than everywhere else. All tides, all variations of S Swells and and any N Wind.

"KH"
KH is almost east coast and the two distinct take off spots link together in bigger swell and tide conditions.

"Koodhoo and Viligili" Right+Lefthanders.
East facing spots. Very well protected from dominant westerly winds.

LAAMU Atoll
Spots are spread from the south facing coastline along the east facing up to the north east corner where waves wrap around. As a result you will find spots protected from all wind directions except a rare straight easterly breeze.

"Spot 01" Righthander
which needs large easterly swell but very well protected from southerly winds.

"Spot 02" Left+Righthander
Left: Very fast and hollow, sometimes closing out, well protected from westerly to northerly winds.
Right: works only in large swells. Fun Wave, Longboarders and shortboarders will have a good time.

"Spot 03" Righthander
Fast and shallow take off sectiont, barelling, spitting, perfect wave. With soft ending.

"Spot 04" Lefthander
Fun clean wave playground. When big: perfect lefthander.

"Spot 05" Righthander
First surfed by Callahans 1996 boat trip with Pat O'Connell and Satoshi Sekino, Yin Yang got epic during Oxbow seaplane trip in June 2004. Yin Yang is a long and typical outside -typical reef corner right in a pass. Outside is a mellow wall, often cross shore, with safe rides in deep water. Then, the wave bends in the corner, mush out for a while, then wraps into
one of the most critical sections in the Maldives. Inside section can be long and tubular, guys getting barreled 3 times but it can be fairly heavy too on pretty uneven reef, producing potential intimidating barrels on the first bend.

THAA Atoll
The Thaa Atoll picks up a lot of straight south to south east swell and may be even bigger than spots on east facing coastlines of other atolls. Due to its secluded location it is almost guaranteed that you will not even spot another surf charter during your stay. The spots are well protected from North to North west winds. Conditions may be fickle with other wind directions. We will choose this Atoll only in very stable weather conditions.

"Spot 01" Righthander
needs bigger swells as it is more protected. Can get fast and hollow, shallow sections. If it is on the rides can be pretty long.

"Spot 02" Right+ Lefthander
Powerfull waves with fast, hollow walls. Can produce some awesome barrels. Catches more swell than other spots in this area but is less proteced to winds. When it is on it can give you the surf of your lifetime.

"Spot 03 "
similar set up like Spot 02 but less shallow.

"Spot 04" Lefthander
Speedy, shallow left that can produce some firing waves. When it is on it can provide some greenroom time.

MEEMU Atoll
All Spots in the Meemu Atoll are on a coast line facing to the east. There is always a left or a right hander well protected from the predominant wind directions. All spots are close to each other so that you can change spots within a few minutes!

"Spot 01" Left Hander
Perfect wave with long wall. Easy take of with several options with long rides. Not too heavy - Great Fun.

"Spot 02" Right Hander
Can hold bigger swells. Easy to ride even when it is big. Good for intermediates and even beginners.

"Spot 03" Left Hander
Pretty shallow, fast wave. Works only in certain times of conditions.

"Spot 04" Righthander. Very fast, long walls, hollow, barreling, can be shallow but still save ending. Very well protected from southerly winds. Needs bigger swells.

"Spot 05" Righhander
Picks up more swell, good in sw winds, long walls, can max out easily, on the corner easy exit.

THE PACKAGES


Due to the strong increase in oil prices, and fuel being the single most limportant cost for any boat operator, there will be a surcharge of 20 EUR per day and guest in order to maintain the engine hours to bring clients to the best possible breaks

11 DAYS TEATE SURFBOAT CHARTER PACKAGE

11 surfable days far away from any crowds!
Itinery: LAAMU + MEEMU or THAA Atoll
Lenght of stay: 11 DAYS

15% Discount on all rates !!!

Old Price: 2.033 EUR
New Discount Price: 1.728 EUR

Old Non surfer Price: 1.298 EUR
New Discount Price: 1.103 EUR


Trip includes:

- Airfares from Male Int'l Airport to the atolls and return to Male
- A welcome drink at your arrival
- 3 gourmet meals per day
- Coffee, tea and snacks
- Unlimited drinking water
- Maximum surfing time
- Expert surfing guides
- Use of all onboard equipment, including video and video editing station
- Video projector
- Internet use for sporadic emails and weather forecast (no web surfing)
- Use of dinghy or dhony for surf drop offs and island exploration
- Use of jet ski for tow in or wakeboarding

Not included:

- Alcoholic beverages (supllied at reasonable prices)
- Fuel for jet ski (charged at local fuel prices)
- Diving equipment
- Accompanied dive with dive master or Dive instruction
- Sotpover nights on Male if applicable

After arriving on Male you will be flown down to the Laamu Atoll on a Sunday mid day or Thursday morning. Probably you will have had a relaxing night on Male and will arrive after a 45 minute scenic flight. Then you will be picked up by the TEATE SURFBOAT CHARTER from the local airport with a refreshing welcome fruit cocktail. We will lift the anchor and head off to one of the nearby spots. It may only take 30 minutes and you will enjoy world class tropical surf. Our mission is to maximize surf time and it is your choice how long you will surf the first or any of the other days!

The schedule of next days really depends on you and the weather conditions. Most likely you will surf some of the 7 different spots in the Laamu Atoll first. If you want to the TEATE will head off either to the Meemu Atoll or Thaa Atoll afterwards. Meemu offers 5 main breaks some of them world class. The Thaa Atoll is rarely surfed due to its secluded location. But the Teate we will make the way with ease and if the conditions are right you don’t want to leave again. Certainly your are welcome througout your trip to dive with the TEATE dive master or to use the jetski for wakeboarding or tow in. After a few days in Meemu or Thaa you will return to the Laamu Atoll where you can finish your last day with another unforgetable surf session.

Vacant spots:
11.May - 21.May 2008
22.May - 01.Jun 2008
01.Jun - 11.Jun 2008
12.Jun - 22.Jun 2008
22.Jun - 02.Jul.2008
03.Jul - 13.Jul 2008
13.Jul - 23.Jul 2008
24.Jul - 03.Aug 2008

14 DAYS TEATE SURFBOAT CHARTER PACKAGE

Itinerary: LAAMU + GAAFU DHAALU Atoll

15% Discount on all rates !!!

Old Price: 2.663 EUR
New Discount Price: 2.264 EUR

Non surfer Price: N.A.

14 days of surfing off the beaten tracks!

After your first night on Male you will fly down to Laamu Atoll where you will arrive well rested after a 45 min scenic flight on a Sunday morning. The beautiful Teate and friendly crew will wait for you directly at the local airport.

With a fresh fruit juice in your hand anchors are lifted and the Teate heads off to the one of 7 main spots that the Atoll offers. You will enjoy your first full day of surfing in crystal clear water and world class surf!

After a few days of surfing we will head down south and will cross the one and a half degree channel during the night. Right on the next morning you will find yourself on another dream break in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll. The Atoll offers about 10-15 main breaks and some more but less known spots. With the local knowledge of the experienced surf guide you will spend the remainder of the trip exploring perfect and unforgetable surf spots!

After 14 full days of surfing in empty breaks you will be dropped of at the local airport of the Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll and flown back to Male.

Vacant spots:
03.Aug - 16.Aug 2008
14.Sep - 27.Sep 2008

THE LOCATION


The Maldives
Geography - The Maldives is a chain of 26 coral atolls southwest of Sri Lanka, extending across the equator in a north-south strip 754km (468mi) long and 118km (73mi) wide. The 1192 low-lying coral islands are so small that dry land makes up less than 4% of the country's total territory. Some islands are uninhabited sandbars with a patch of scrub, while others are several kilometers across and quite well vegetated.

The Climate
The Climate of the Maldives is warm year round, determined by the monsoons. The temperature of Maldives ranges between 26°C/79F and 33°C/90F throughout the year. Although the humidity is relatively high, the constant sea breezes help to keep the air moving. Water temperatures remain about 26°C/80F year-round.

THE TRIP




Check flights to Male in Maldives with Katar, Martin Air, Condo, Eurofly, Lufthansa LTU, Singapore airlines, Sri Lanka airlines, Swiss Air, Air France, ,British Airways, etc,etc.


Male airport is an island just dedicated to the airport.
Tell us at what time you arrive to Male airport, you might need to spend a night in hotel in Male for 75 us dollars per person.

TRAVEL INFO

PASSPORTS: US: You will need a US passport valid for at least 6 months form the departure date. This is required for all US citizens traveling abroad. Visas for travel to the Maldives are issued upon arrival and do not need to be arranged prior to arranging your trip. As with any form of international travel, visa status is subject to change and should be checked prior to departure. Stays longer than 30 days require a visa arranged prior to travel.

NON US CITIZENS: Please consult your local consulate to verify the visa requirements for your stay in the Maldives. In all cases, please allow for sufficient time to obtain your visa as such arrangements can take several weeks.

SURFBOARDS: Your airline will most likely charge excess baggage fees for surfboards. While this excess is rarely avoided, please make sure that your airline allows for surfboards. A call to the airline prior to booking your ticket will safeguard you against any disappointments.

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