Lakey Pipe surf

Lakey Pipe

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Reef break · Moderate · Best: May–October · All tides
Working best in Sumbawa now Scar Reef Good · 1.4m @ 9s View →
Conditions right now
Good
Wave
1.4m
Swell
1.3m
9s · SSW
Period
9s
Wind
11 km/h
SE · gust 27
Cross-shore
Water
26°C
Air
24°C

Surf report

Tide rising · High 7:00 AM 1.0m
Time Surf Swell Wind Tide
6 AM 1.5 m
1.4m 9s SSW
11 km/h cross
1.0m
9 AM 1.6 m
1.5m 9s SSW
12 km/h on
0.8m
12 PM 1.7 m
1.6m 9s SSW
14 km/h on
-0.1m
3 PM 1.8 m
1.6m 9s SSW
17 km/h on
-0.5m
6 PM 1.9 m
1.6m 9s SSW
17 km/h on
0.3m
Best session today
6 AM–8 AM
Cross-shore 1.4m swell @ 9s

Next 24 hours

Wave Swell
0.0 1.3 2.5 2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM

Wind

Speed Gusts (km/h)
0 25 50 2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM

Tide

High 7:00 AM · 1.0m Low 2:00 PM · -0.5m High 9:00 PM · 0.8m Low 2:00 AM · -0.1m
H 7 AM L 2 PM H 9 PM L 2 AM H 8 AM L 3 PM H 9 PM 2 AM8 AM2 PM8 PM2 AM8 AM2 PM8 PM

7-day outlook

Best days
Tue, Sep 8
1.4–1.9m
Wed, Sep 9
1.7–1.9m
Thu, Sep 10
1.5–1.6m
Fri, Sep 11
1.3–1.4m
Sat, Sep 12
1.2–1.3m
Sun, Sep 13 Best
1.3–1.5m
Mon, Sep 14
1.5–1.6m

Hourly detail

Show next 24h
Time Wave Swell Period Wind Tide
2 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 9s 11 SE cross 0.3m
3 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 9s 11 SE cross 0.4m
4 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 9s 12 SE cross 0.6m
5 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 9s 12 SE cross 0.8m
6 AM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 9s 11 SE cross 1.0m
7 AM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 9s 12 SE cross 1.0m
8 AM 1.6m 1.5m SSW 9s 11 SE cross 1.0m
9 AM 1.6m 1.5m SSW 9s 12 SSE on 0.8m
10 AM 1.6m 1.6m SSW 10s 13 SSE on 0.5m
11 AM 1.7m 1.6m SSW 10s 14 SSE on 0.2m
12 PM 1.7m 1.6m SSW 9s 14 S on -0.1m
1 PM 1.7m 1.6m SSW 9s 16 S on -0.4m
2 PM 1.8m 1.5m SSW 9s 18 S on -0.5m
3 PM 1.8m 1.6m SSW 9s 17 S on -0.5m
4 PM 1.8m 1.6m SSW 9s 17 SSE on -0.3m
5 PM 1.8m 1.6m SSW 9s 16 SSE on -0.0m
6 PM 1.9m 1.6m SSW 9s 17 SSE on 0.3m
7 PM 1.9m 1.6m SSW 9s 16 SSE on 0.6m
8 PM 1.9m 1.6m SSW 9s 16 SSE on 0.8m
9 PM 1.9m 1.6m SSW 9s 17 SSE on 0.8m
10 PM 1.9m 1.5m SSW 9s 16 SSE on 0.7m
11 PM 1.9m 1.5m SSW 9s 15 SE on 0.5m
12 AM 1.9m 1.5m SSW 9s 13 SE on 0.3m
1 AM 1.9m 1.5m SSW 9s 13 SE cross 0.0m

About Lakey Pipe

Lakey Pipe é a onda mais intensa de Sumbawa — um tubo grosso e profundo que se projeta fortemente sobre um recife raso e exige tudo o que um surfista avançado tem. Em um swell sólido, produz alguns dos tubos mais fotogênicos da Indonésia, com uma decolagem rápida e uma borda poderosa e implacável. O respeito pelo recife é essencial, pois as quedas aqui podem ser pesadas. Aqueles que conseguem lidar com seu poder bruto serão recompensados com ondas de classe mundial em um cenário remanescente impressionante.

Local knowledge

Hazards

O recife em Lakey Pipe é extremamente raso — menos de um metro na maré baixa por dentro — e afiado como uma lâmina, tornando as quedas genuinamente perigosas, com lacerações e pior sendo uma possibilidade real; capacetes e booties de recife são realmente recomendados em dias maiores. Uma corrente lateral forte corre ao longo do recife e pode te arrastar para as pedras ou para a seção de fechamento se você demorar muito após uma queda. As multidões e o tráfego de barcos são um fator durante a alta temporada (junho-setembro), e com vários surfistas competindo pelo mesmo tubo de janela curta, colisões na decolagem são um risco adicional.

Getting there

Lakey Pipe está em frente ao aglomerado de losmens e warungs na Praia de Lakey — voe para Bima (Aeroporto Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin) e depois faça um transfer rodoviário de duas horas até a vila de Hu'u. Estacione ou deixe sua bolsa de prancha na sua acomodação na faixa de praia, depois é uma curta caminhada de 5 minutos pela areia até a entrada do canal na extremidade norte da praia; reme para fora pelo canal para evitar o recife, e sempre use esse mesmo canal para sua saída em vez de tentar uma saída sobre o coral raso.

Board

Em dias padrão de 4–6 pés, um shortboard de alto desempenho (6'0"–6'4") com um pouco de espessura extra ajudará você a passar pela borda grossa e sugadora e manter uma linha no tubo. Quando o Pipe se ergue acima de 6 pés, passe para um semi-gun ou step-up (6'4"–6'8") com uma cauda mais estreita e rocker sólido — a onda pune qualquer coisa que não consiga segurar a borda sob uma borda pesada e projetada.

Localism

moderate — be polite, wait your turn.

Where to go now

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11 cross
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Surfing in Sumbawa

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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.