Lakey Pipe surf

Lakey Pipe

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Reef break · Moderate · Best: May–October · All tides
Working best in Sumbawa now Super Suck Epic · 1.5m @ 11s View →
Conditions right now
Epic
Wave
1.1m
Swell
1.0m
11s · SSW
Period
11s
Wind
7 km/h
ENE · gust 17
Offshore
Water
27°C
Air
25°C

Surf report

Tide falling · Low 11:00 AM 0.1m
Time Surf Swell Wind Tide
6 AM 1.1 m
1.0m 11s SSW
8 km/h off
1.0m
9 AM 1.1 m
1.0m 11s SSW
8 km/h cross
0.3m
12 PM 1.1 m
1.0m 11s SSW
13 km/h cross
0.1m
3 PM 1.1 m
0.9m 11s SSW
14 km/h cross
0.7m
6 PM 1.1 m
0.9m 11s SSW
12 km/h cross
0.8m
Best session today
7 AM–9 AM
Offshore 1.0m swell @ 11s

Next 24 hours

Wave Swell
0.0 1.0 2.0 7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM

Wind

Speed Gusts (km/h)
0 25 50 7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM

Tide

Low 11:00 AM · 0.1m High 5:00 PM · 0.9m Low 11:00 PM · 0.0m High 6:00 AM · 1.3m
L 11 AM H 5 PM L 11 PM H 6 AM L 12 PM H 6 PM L 12 AM 7 AM1 PM7 PM1 AM7 AM1 PM7 PM1 AM

7-day outlook

Best days
Wed, Jun 10
1.1–1.2m
Thu, Jun 11
1.2–1.7m
Fri, Jun 12 Best
1.4–1.7m
Sat, Jun 13
1.3–1.4m
Sun, Jun 14 Best
1.3–1.4m
Mon, Jun 15
1.2–1.3m
Tue, Jun 16
1.0–1.2m

Hourly detail

Show next 24h
Time Wave Swell Period Wind Tide
7 AM 1.1m 1.0m SSW 11s 7 ENE off 0.8m
8 AM 1.1m 1.0m SSW 11s 6 E off 0.5m
9 AM 1.1m 1.0m SSW 11s 8 ESE cross 0.3m
10 AM 1.1m 1.0m SSW 11s 10 ESE cross 0.1m
11 AM 1.1m 1.0m SSW 11s 11 SE cross 0.1m
12 PM 1.1m 1.0m SSW 11s 13 SE cross 0.1m
1 PM 1.1m 1.0m SSW 12s 14 SE cross 0.3m
2 PM 1.1m 1.0m SSW 12s 14 SE cross 0.5m
3 PM 1.1m 0.9m SSW 11s 14 SE cross 0.7m
4 PM 1.1m 0.9m SSW 11s 17 SE cross 0.8m
5 PM 1.1m 0.9m SSW 10s 16 ESE cross 0.9m
6 PM 1.1m 0.9m SSW 11s 12 ESE cross 0.8m
7 PM 1.1m 0.9m SSW 11s 11 ESE cross 0.6m
8 PM 1.1m 1.0m SSW 12s 11 ESE cross 0.4m
9 PM 1.1m 1.0m SSW 12s 10 ESE cross 0.2m
10 PM 1.1m 1.0m SSW 12s 8 E cross 0.1m
11 PM 1.2m 1.0m SSW 12s 7 E cross 0.0m
12 AM 1.2m 1.0m SSW 12s 9 E off 0.1m
1 AM 1.2m 1.0m SSW 13s 8 E cross 0.3m
2 AM 1.3m 1.0m SSW 13s 7 E off 0.6m
3 AM 1.3m 1.0m SSW 13s 7 E off 0.8m
4 AM 1.3m 1.1m SSW 14s 7 E off 1.1m
5 AM 1.4m 1.2m SSW 14s 7 ESE cross 1.3m
6 AM 1.4m 1.2m SSW 14s 10 ESE cross 1.3m

About Lakey Pipe

Lakey Pipe adalah ombak paling intens di Sumbawa — sebuah barrel tebal yang mengalir keras di atas terumbu dangkal dan menuntut segala sesuatu yang dimiliki peselancar tingkat lanjut. Pada gelombang yang solid, ia menghasilkan beberapa tabung paling fotogenik di Indonesia, dengan lepas landas yang cepat dan bibir yang kuat dan tidak memaafkan. Rasa hormat terhadap terumbu sangat penting, karena jatuh di sini bisa sangat berbahaya. Mereka yang dapat menangani kekuatan mentahnya akan diberi imbalan dengan perjalanan kelas dunia di lokasi yang sangat terpencil.

Local knowledge

Hazards

Terumbu di Lakey Pipe sangat dangkal — kurang dari satu meter saat air surut di bagian dalam — dan sangat tajam, membuat jatuh benar-benar berbahaya dengan kemungkinan luka dan yang lebih buruk; helm dan sepatu terumbu sangat layak dipertimbangkan pada hari-hari yang lebih besar. Arus lateral yang kuat mengalir di sepanjang terumbu dan dapat menyapu Anda ke batu atau bagian penutupan jika Anda terlalu lama bertahan setelah jatuh. Kerumunan dan lalu lintas kapal menjadi faktor selama musim puncak (Juni–September), dan dengan banyak peselancar bersaing untuk barrel yang sama dalam jendela waktu yang singkat, tabrakan saat lepas landas menjadi risiko tambahan.

Getting there

Lakey Pipe terletak di depan kumpulan losmen dan warung di Pantai Lakey — terbang ke Bima (Bandara Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin) kemudian ambil transfer darat selama dua jam ke desa Hu'u. Parkir atau tinggalkan tas papan Anda di akomodasi Anda di jalur pantai, kemudian hanya berjalan kaki singkat 5 menit melintasi pasir ke pintu masuk saluran di ujung utara pantai; mendayung keluar melalui saluran untuk menghindari terumbu, dan selalu gunakan saluran yang sama untuk keluar daripada mencoba keluar melalui pantai di atas terumbu dangkal.

Board

Pada hari standar 4–6 ft, shortboard berkinerja tinggi (6'0"–6'4") dengan sedikit ketebalan ekstra akan membantu Anda mendorong melalui bibir yang tebal dan menyedot serta mempertahankan garis di dalam barrel. Ketika Pipe berdiri di atas 6 ft, tingkatkan ke semi-gun atau step-up (6'4"–6'8") dengan ekor yang lebih sempit dan rocker yang solid — ombak menghukum apa pun yang tidak dapat memegang rail di bawah bibir yang berat dan mengalir.

Localism

moderate — be polite, wait your turn.

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Sumbawa is Indonesia's rugged middle child, sitting east of Lombok and west of Flores, and it remains one of the archipelago's last genuine surf frontiers. Where Bali hums with traffic and beach clubs, Sumbawa offers dry savannah hills, empty white-sand bays, dusty roads and fishing villages where life still moves at its own pace.

✈️Getting there

Most surfers reach Sumbawa overland and by ferry from Bali or Lombok. The classic route is Bali to Lombok, then drive across Lombok to Kayangan and take the public ferry to Poto Tano in West Sumbawa (roughly 1.5–2 hours). From Poto Tano it's a 1–2 hour drive to the Maluk/Sekongkang surf zone.

🛵Getting around

Once on Sumbawa, a scooter is the cheapest and most flexible way to reach nearby breaks, and many surf camps in Maluk and Hu'u rent them with board racks. Roads on the main routes are decent, but expect potholes, livestock, dust in the dry season and stretches of rough or unsealed track to remote bays.

🌤️Climate & season

Sumbawa has a dry, hot tropical climate, drier and more arid than Bali, with two clear seasons. The dry season runs roughly April to October — this is prime surf time, with cleaner conditions, consistent groundswell and steady offshore-to-cross trade winds in the mornings.