Rifles surf

Rifles

Expert
Point break · Uncrowded · Best: Mayo a septiembre · All tides
Working best in Mentawai now HT’s (Hollow Trees / Lance’s Right) Epic · 1.3m @ 11s View →
Conditions right now
Epic
Wave
1.5m
Swell
1.4m
11s · S
Period
11s
Wind
18 km/h
NNW · gust 31
Offshore
Water
31°C
Air
27°C

Surf report

Tide rising · High 12:00 PM 0.8m
Time Surf Swell Wind Tide
6 AM 1.5 m
1.4m 11s S
16 km/h off
0.5m
9 AM 1.5 m
1.4m 11s S
15 km/h off
0.5m
12 PM 1.5 m
1.3m 12s S
7 km/h off
0.8m
3 PM 1.5 m
1.4m 12s S
6 km/h off
0.6m
6 PM 1.5 m
1.4m 12s S
8 km/h cross
0.3m
Best session today
11 AM–1 PM
Offshore 1.3m swell @ 12s

Next 24 hours

Wave Swell
0.0 1.3 2.5 8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM

Wind

Speed Gusts (km/h)
0 20 40 8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM

Tide

High 12:00 PM · 0.8m Low 7:00 PM · 0.3m High 2:00 AM · 0.9m Low 8:00 AM · 0.4m
H 12 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
1.5–1.6m
Thu, Jun 11
1.6–2.3m
Fri, Jun 12
1.9–2.3m
Sat, Jun 13 Best
1.6–1.9m
Sun, Jun 14
1.6–1.8m
Mon, Jun 15
1.6–1.8m
Tue, Jun 16
1.4–1.6m

Hourly detail

Show next 24h
Time Wave Swell Period Wind Tide
8 AM 1.5m 1.4m S 11s 18 NNW off 0.5m
9 AM 1.5m 1.4m S 11s 15 NNW off 0.5m
10 AM 1.5m 1.4m S 11s 13 NNW off 0.6m
11 AM 1.5m 1.3m S 11s 7 NNW off 0.7m
12 PM 1.5m 1.3m S 12s 7 NNW off 0.8m
1 PM 1.5m 1.3m SSW 12s 6 NNE off 0.8m
2 PM 1.5m 1.3m S 12s 6 NNE off 0.7m
3 PM 1.5m 1.4m S 12s 6 NE off 0.6m
4 PM 1.5m 1.4m S 12s 4 NE off 0.5m
5 PM 1.5m 1.4m S 12s 6 ENE cross 0.4m
6 PM 1.5m 1.4m S 12s 8 ENE cross 0.3m
7 PM 1.5m 1.5m S 12s 9 ENE off 0.3m
8 PM 1.5m 1.5m S 12s 10 ENE off 0.3m
9 PM 1.6m 1.5m S 12s 11 ENE off 0.4m
10 PM 1.6m 1.6m S 12s 10 ENE cross 0.5m
11 PM 1.6m 1.6m S 12s 9 E cross 0.6m
12 AM 1.6m 1.6m S 13s 9 E cross 0.8m
1 AM 1.7m 1.7m S 13s 7 ENE off 0.8m
2 AM 1.7m 1.7m S 13s 7 ENE cross 0.9m
3 AM 1.8m 1.7m S 13s 7 E cross 0.8m
4 AM 1.8m 1.8m S 13s 7 E cross 0.8m
5 AM 1.8m 1.8m S 13s 6 ENE cross 0.6m
6 AM 1.9m 1.9m S 13s 6 E cross 0.5m
7 AM 1.9m 1.9m S 13s 7 ESE cross 0.4m

About Rifles

ライフルズは、パガイ諸島に位置する南メンタワイ諸島にある、絶対に壮大な右の波です。多くの人々にとって世界最高の右の波と見なされているライフルズは、200メートル以上にわたって伸びる完璧に整列したセクションを持つ、長く速いチューブ状の波です。これは上級サーファー専用のスポットで、テクニカルなセクション、クリーンなバレル、そして全体のライドを通じてアクティブでいなければならないスピードがあります。調子が良いときは、まさに自然の傑作です。

Local knowledge

Hazards

浅く鋭い生きたサンゴがリーフの長さにわたって広がっており、波が干潮時に乾いたサンゴの上を走る内側や端のセクションでは危険なほど浅くなります — ここでの落下はリーフの切り傷やそれ以上の怪我を意味します。ポイントを下る強い流れがパドルアウトを助けますが、乗らないとテイクオフを過ぎて流されてしまいます。また、長く速いセクションはあらゆるためらいを罰します。スウェルが入ると、ボートチャーターの人々にとっての磁石となるため、混雑したピークでのドロップインや衝突は本当にリスクがあります。

Getting there

これは南メンタワイのパガイ諸島にあるボートアクセスのブレイクです — チャーターボートまたは近くの陸上キャンプからディンギーで到達し、徒歩では行けません。肩のところでアンカーを下ろすか降ろしてもらい、リーフに沿って流れるチャンネルにパドルし、流れを利用してテイクオフゾーンまで運ばれます。乾いた内側のリーフを越えようとするのではなく、同じ方法でラインを下って深いチャンネルに出てください。潮の時間に合わせてセッションを計画してください — 中潮から高潮ではリーフが覆われ、出入りがはるかに安全になります。

Board

セクションをクリアし、バレルを保持するために十分な長さを持つ速くてドライブの効いたボードを持参してください — サイズに応じて6'2"〜6'8"の高性能ショートボードまたはステップアップが適しています。しっかりとしたスウェルの時には、長い壁を駆け抜けるためにクリーンなステップアップまたは小さなガンを持って行ってください; フィッシュは家に置いておいてください、この波はスピードと後ろに捕まらないことが全てです。

Localism

moderate — be polite, wait your turn.

Where to go now

Rifles vs. nearby, live
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1.5m
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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.