Lance's Right / HT's surf

Lance's Right / HT's

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Reef break · Moderate · Best: May–October · All tides
Working best in Mentawai now HT’s (Hollow Trees / Lance’s Right) Epic · 1.3m @ 11s View →
Conditions right now
Epic
Wave
1.3m
Swell
1.2m
11s · S
Period
11s
Wind
6 km/h
WNW · gust 18
Cross-shore
Water
31°C
Air
25°C

Surf report

Tide rising · High 1:00 PM 0.8m
Time Surf Swell Wind Tide
6 AM 1.3 m
1.2m 11s S
6 km/h off
0.4m
9 AM 1.3 m
1.2m 11s S
6 km/h cross
0.5m
12 PM 1.3 m
1.2m 11s S
8 km/h cross
0.7m
3 PM 1.3 m
1.2m 12s S
4 km/h off
0.6m
6 PM 1.4 m
1.3m 12s S
3 km/h off
0.3m
Best session today
3 PM–5 PM
Offshore 1.2m swell @ 12s

Next 24 hours

Wave Swell
0.0 1.0 2.0 8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM

Wind

Speed Gusts (km/h)
0 15 30 8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM

Tide

High 1:00 PM · 0.8m Low 7:00 PM · 0.2m High 2:00 AM · 0.9m Low 8:00 AM · 0.4m
H 1 PM L 7 PM H 2 AM L 8 AM H 2 PM L 8 PM H 3 AM 8 AM2 PM8 PM2 AM8 AM2 PM8 PM2 AM

7-day outlook

Best days
Wed, Jun 10 Best
1.3–1.5m
Thu, Jun 11
1.5–2.0m
Fri, Jun 12
1.7–2.0m
Sat, Jun 13
1.5–1.7m
Sun, Jun 14 Best
1.5–1.6m
Mon, Jun 15
1.4–1.6m
Tue, Jun 16
1.3–1.4m

Hourly detail

Show next 24h
Time Wave Swell Period Wind Tide
8 AM 1.3m 1.2m S 11s 6 WNW cross 0.4m
9 AM 1.3m 1.2m S 11s 6 W cross 0.5m
10 AM 1.3m 1.2m S 11s 3 N off 0.6m
11 AM 1.3m 1.2m S 11s 5 NW off 0.7m
12 PM 1.3m 1.2m S 11s 8 WNW cross 0.7m
1 PM 1.3m 1.2m S 12s 8 WNW cross 0.8m
2 PM 1.3m 1.2m S 12s 7 WNW cross 0.7m
3 PM 1.3m 1.2m S 12s 4 NW off 0.6m
4 PM 1.4m 1.2m S 12s 3 N off 0.5m
5 PM 1.4m 1.3m S 12s 3 NNE off 0.4m
6 PM 1.4m 1.3m S 12s 3 NE off 0.3m
7 PM 1.4m 1.3m S 12s 5 NNE off 0.2m
8 PM 1.4m 1.3m S 12s 6 NNE off 0.3m
9 PM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 12s 5 N off 0.4m
10 PM 1.4m 1.4m SSW 12s 3 NNE off 0.5m
11 PM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 13s 3 NE off 0.7m
12 AM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 13s 4 NE off 0.8m
1 AM 1.5m 1.5m SSW 13s 2 ENE off 0.9m
2 AM 1.6m 1.5m SSW 13s 1 NE off 0.9m
3 AM 1.6m 1.5m SSW 13s 1 NE off 0.9m
4 AM 1.6m 1.6m SSW 13s 2 ESE cross 0.8m
5 AM 1.7m 1.6m SSW 13s 2 ENE cross 0.7m
6 AM 1.7m 1.7m SSW 13s 1 E cross 0.5m
7 AM 1.7m 1.7m SSW 13s 2 ENE cross 0.4m

About Lance's Right / HT's

Lance's Right, conocida localmente como HT's, es sin duda la ola más famosa de las Mentawai y uno de los mejores reef breaks de mano derecha del planeta. Se desplaza a lo largo del arrecife en barriles largos y perfectamente formados que pueden correr durante varios segundos seguidos, ofreciendo velocidad y tiempo dentro del tubo a partes iguales. Los surfistas avanzados encontrarán secciones para todos los estilos — desde tubeos profundos hasta abriendo cierres en la cara. Su reputación hace que pueda estar concurrida, pero una buena swell aquí es genuinamente de clase mundial.

Local knowledge

Hazards

El arrecife de HT's es poco profundo, afilado e implacable — una caída en un set sólido puede lanzarte directamente sobre coral vivo, y las laceraciones son frecuentes. Presta atención a las fuertes corrientes laterales que recorren el arrecife con swells más grandes, dificultando mantener tu posición y complicando la salida; ser arrastrado más allá de la sección final hacia el canal es una posibilidad real. El tráfico de embarcaciones es un peligro constante — el fondeadero está justo detrás del break y los barcos charter, los botes auxiliares y los water-taxis transitan por el canal a todas horas, así que comprueba siempre antes de cruzar remando.

Getting there

HT's es accesible únicamente en barco — llegarás en liveaboard o en un day-charter desde Padang (normalmente 8–12 horas en lancha rápida) o desde un resort charter con base en las Mentawai. Fondea en el canal detrás del break y sal remando directamente; el canal ofrece una remada limpia y alejada del arrecife principal. Vuelve al canal al final de cada ola — no te dejes arrastrar hacia la sección interior del arrecife, especialmente con marea baja.

Board

Un thruster de step-up contrastado en el rango de 6'4"–6'10" se adapta a la mayoría de las condiciones de HT's — suficiente volumen para remar hacia paredes rápidas y huecas, pero con el rail y el rocker necesarios para mantenerse en secciones de barrel largas. Trae una gun (7'0"+) si se prevé un swell serio por encima de los 8 pies; en los raros días pequeños y débiles funciona una shortboard o semi-gun de 6'0"–6'2", pero HT's raramente premia una fish o una tabla de alto volumen dado lo rápido que se cierra el labio.

Localism

moderate — be polite, wait your turn.

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Surfing in Mentawai

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If there's one name that makes surfers go quiet and start saving, it's the Mentawai. This remote archipelago of more than 70 islands sits off the west coast of Sumatra, fully exposed to raw Indian Ocean swell, and it has earned its reputation as one of the most concentrated, high-quality wave zones on Earth.

✈️Getting there

All routes run through Padang, the port city in West Sumatra. Fly into Padang's Minangkabau International Airport (PDG), usually via Jakarta, or via Kuala Lumpur or Singapore on regional carriers.

🛵Getting around

The Mentawai are about boats, not roads. Once you arrive, your daily transport to the waves is by boat — either the liveaboard itself or the resort's tenders and speedboats running surfers out to the breaks.

🌤️Climate & season

The Mentawai are equatorial, hot and humid year-round, with water warm enough for boardshorts or a thin top (roughly 27–29°C). There's no real winter — just wetter and drier patterns.