Location:
Sipura Island - Mentawai - Indonesia

Highlights:
10 minutes away from Telescopes, Hts, Riffles, and Nokanduis

Level:
All levels

Products:
Surf & Diving Resort

Open:
All year

THE RESORT

- 7 Double cottages and 1 family (or group) cottage all fully airconditioned. Outside shower and private rear courtyard. Front terrace with easy access to one kilometre of private beach.
Gift shop stocking a range of Mentawai handicrafts, souvenirs, surfing equipment, toiletries, medicines, snacks, and other basic guest needs.
- Buffet restaurant specialising in a range of seafood dishes using produce from local waters.
Lounge area located alongside restaurant.
- A-Bar on the beach with front deck projecting over the water at high tide complete with chillout lounges, cool tunes, big screen tv and a wide range of beverages and barsnack menu.
- Spa equipped with 3 treatment rooms backing onto an enclosed waterfall and fish pond. The sounds of water splashing over the rocks will glide you into a deep relaxation during your massage or other spa treatment.
- Mondoblu Dive Centre with a full range of well maintained top quality dive gear. Western, fully qualified dive instructor/master. Dive training centre for up to 8 students.
- 2 surf/dive shuttle speedboats capable of 25-30 knots.
- Close proximity to surfing and diving sites. You do not waste your holiday time on long and tiring boat rides.
Ability to cater for business conferences, yoga workshops and dive/surf school.  

THE SURF


More than 70% of the waves in the Mentawais are accessible within an hour by speedboat from the Resort. Right in our backyard only 10 minutes away are five well known consistent spots including Telescopes the world class lefthander which offers longer and straighter barrels than Maccaronies when it is firing.
Mellower waves are also close by including a fun learners wave right at the end of Aloita Beach. There are still a few secret spots we keep to ourselves though you might just find yourself surfing them when conditions are right! Our Western surfguide will ensure you are always in the right place at the right time.

Some of the waves in the Aloita zone
Telescopes- one of the jewels in the Mentawai crown and a definite fave of the crew. Telescopes left needs a decent sized West swell to start doing its thing. Though not as consistent as the other breaks in the area, a session at firing Teles will remain imprinted on your mind long after you've left the Mentawais. Teles get natural footers just as amped as goofys because it is so straight, clean and readable riding it backside. The take off gives you just enough time to draw a line and get under the curtain. The barrel is dead straight and when you are two board lengths deep in it and have lost hope of getting out it will eject you onto the face where you can do some speed hooks before reaching a second bonus barrel section at the end of the reef. Teles Even when Teles is breaking at just head high it is a super fun wave and also a great beginners wave as the reef is quite deep. And the best thing about Teles is that it is the closest wave to the Resort- less than 10 minutes by speedboat.
Icelands- Icelands as with most of the other waves in the zone is a left and is possibly the most 'jekyll and hyde' like wave in the Ments. When everywhere in the chain is flat you can still pull up to Icelands and get a headhigh wave with a lazy but whackable wall. With a big west swell when everyone is getting excited about Telescopes the Ice turns into a monster with barrels big enough to drive the speedboat through. A 5 metre deep ledge out the back of the normal take off zone causes the swell to lift in a way that it doesn't do on smaller days. This is where you get on. A not too hectic drop preceeds a horshoe section where the wave bends on itself and throws out a big thick barrel section which spits nearly everytime. One of the partners of the resort Chris 'Scuzza' who has been around the Ments for the last 8 years surfed massive Ice mid 05 by himself and reported it was the most scared he'd ever been on a deep water wave! But don't worry, 90% of the time Icelands is a mellow, easy wave situated about a mile away from Teles.
Scarecrows- Another small swell left that holds size and another of fave of the crew. Scarecrows or Frankos or Diablos as its sometimes referred to (!) has the ability to spread out a crowd with its several different take off spots. It is not a picture perfect indo reef break but shifts around depending on swell direction, size and currents. The wave stands up only slightly before takeoff providing a mellow drop and a long workable wall where you need to get a bit of speed up before heading down into the section of the reef we call 'The Curry Bowl'. The Curry Bowl on its day will deliver you into a barrel as good as anywhere else in the Ments or it will give you a beating that might find you taking 5 in the channel for a few minutes. The bonus of surfing at the Crow is that the gutters at the end of the reef contain some well stocked Golden Trevally holes. Throw out a lure after your surf and you might just catch dinner!
Jaraiks- On the rare occasions when the Ments goes dead flat this fun little left is our saving grace. It is nothing more than a bend in the reef and hard to spot until you pull up right in front of it. Surfable on all tides and East - South East winds, Jaraiks actually stops working the moment there is any swell!.

THE DIVING

THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL DIVING OPERATION IN THE MENTAWAI ISLANDS
There are still many areas in Indonesia, including the Mentawai Islands in which no one has ever dived before, opening up the possibilities of new discoveries of pristine diving conditions and the sighting of unique marine species. Mentawai is a land filled with rich biodiversity, and a huge range of different natural features. It is the home of Angles fish, huge sea fan, big Tuna and Baracuda. And much more and more. If you wish to dive unspoiled areas, absolutely no crowd, see many different and abundant marine life - then Mentawai is a destination for you. Over the past few years, the owners of the Resort have been quietly exploring and charting the underwater environment of the island chain. In the resort area alone we have discovered and named 12 world class sites. One of the highlights is The Cathedral,a site which is a prairie of Fan Corals. There is also Tongga Timur which is the spot with schools of fish in abundance including passing pelagics like Baracuda, Mackerel, etc.

The Courses
In every course we take care of every student personally, because we want you to learn, but we also want you to have a great deal of fun. Our courses go from the most basic, the Open Water Diver, to the Dive Master. Full equipments for every student. All of them checked and in perfect conditions. Practical learning, since the first day. And if you're not a diver yet, but wish to know how it feels in this fascinating world, get your dive baptism. Let you go with one of our expert instructors, with complete safety. As easy as that !!
Mondublu Dive Centre Manager and Chief Instructor, Sebastiano Gulinello
has been exploring the potential of diving in and around West Sumatra and
the Mentawais since 1997. No other person based in the area has acquired
the same amount of dive knowledge. He is the representative for SSI in
West Sumatra and is nearly always on the ground to guide and instruct you
through your dive experiences at the Resort.

THE PACKAGES

STANDARD COTTAGE
(Single Room)
1 bedroom, bathroom with shower, fully air conditioned, outside shower and private rear courtyard, front terrace with easy access to one kilometer of private beach.

FAMILY COTTAGE
(2 Rooms)
2 bedroom, bathroom with shower, fully air conditioned, outside shower and private rear courtyard, front terrace with easy access to one kilometer of private beach (min 4 guests adults or kids).

All Prices are per person

Prices based on double share
Prices can change without notice. 

Rates include:
- Up to 2 surf sessions a day in Tua Pejat area which covers Telescopes, Islands and Scarecrows, the famous one. Plus Tikus, Muka Ikan, Ombak Tidur and a few more breaks. Two of them are just Right in our backyard. Or  one surf sessions (full day) in Playground or Ht’s Lances left.
- Fully air conditioned bungalows
- All meals, drinking water, hot drinks (sodas, beers, wines & spirits at extra cost resort prices)
- Seafood/Italian/Chinese/Indonesian cuisine
- Experienced english speaking surf/dive guide
- 3 USD per surfer/diver per day Mentawai Government tax

REGULAR DIVE RATES EXCLUDING ACCOMODATION:

USD 35 per dive (1 - 5 dives)
USD 30 per dive (6 - 15 dives)
USD 25 per dive (16+ dives)
Surcharge of USD 5 for a house reef night dive

Rates include:
- Scuba tanks
- Weights and weight belt
- Experienced dive guides
- Dive shuttle to site

LA ZONA



The Mentawai Islands are located approximately 100 miles off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia's northern most and largest island, and the port city of Padang, launching point for Mentawai surf charters. There are 4 main islands in the archipelago, with numerous smaller islands surrounding these. The recent discovery of world-class surf in the Mentawai archipelago and subsequent exposure of images of the region in international surf media has pushed the archipelago to the brink of an explosion of surfing tourism development. Foreign tourism operators in the area are, however, aware of the potential for negative impacts upon the local environment, culture, social fabric, and economy if tourism is allowed to develop unchecked. For this reason, attempts are being made from within the surfing tourism industry, as well as from local government, to manage surfing tourism development. In an effort to minimise the exploitation of this sovereign area and to build sustainable tourism, surf travel is nearly completely restricted to authorised surf charter companies.

THE TRIP


Siparu Island, Mentawai
Gateway to the Mentawai is Padang (Sumatra)
Padang Airport (PDG)
El barco sale de Padang
Daily flights to Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (Garuda Airlines)
30-Day visitor visa issued on arrival (EU, US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand citizens).
Malaria treatment required

TRANSPORTS:

AIRPORT/HARBOUR/AIRPOT
30 USD
A car and a pick-up will be at the airpot waiting for you.

AMBU-AMBU FERRY OVERNIGHT VIP RETURN TICKET
15 USD
She is a big car ferry going 6 times per month to the Mentawai.

AMBU-AMBU FERRY OVERNIGHT AC CABIN (4 pax) RETURN TICKET
35 USD
There are just a few cabins on this ferry with 4, 2 and 1 banch.

SMAC PADANG/MENTAWAI/PADANG
100 USD
22 sits aircraft. Low price because the government pays a subsidy.

SUSY AIR PADANG/MENTAWAI/PADANG
300 USD
Cessna Caravan type planes. 12 sits. if Surfers 8 max with surfboards.

OVERNIGHT BOAT CHARTER UP TO 15 PASSENGERS
200 USD
it is an ex surf charter boat

SEAPLANE PADANG/ALOITA
250 USD
Cessna 208 Amphibian

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