Northern Rights
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| Time | Surf | Swell | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 0.9 m | 0.9m 11s SSW | 7 km/h cross | 1.1m |
| 9 AM | 0.9 m | 0.9m 11s SSW | 7 km/h cross | 0.5m |
| 12 PM | 0.9 m | 0.9m 12s SSW | 5 km/h cross | 0.3m |
| 3 PM | 0.9 m | 0.9m 12s SSW | 9 km/h cross | 0.6m |
| 6 PM | 1.0 m | 0.9m 12s SSW | 3 km/h cross | 0.8m |
| Time | Surf | Swell | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 1.3 m | 1.2m 13s SSW | 9 km/h cross | 1.2m |
| 9 AM | 1.3 m | 1.3m 13s SSW | 11 km/h cross | 0.7m |
| 12 PM | 1.4 m | 1.4m 13s SSW | 14 km/h cross | 0.1m |
| 3 PM | 1.4 m | 1.4m 13s SSW | 4 km/h on | 0.3m |
| 6 PM | 1.4 m | 1.4m 13s SSW | 5 km/h cross | 0.7m |
| Time | Surf | Swell | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 1.3 m | 1.3m 12s SSW | 1 km/h cross | 1.3m |
| 9 AM | 1.3 m | 1.3m 12s SSW | 2 km/h on | 1.0m |
| 12 PM | 1.3 m | 1.2m 12s SSW | 4 km/h cross | 0.1m |
| 3 PM | 1.2 m | 1.2m 12s SSW | 2 km/h on | -0.1m |
| 6 PM | 1.2 m | 1.1m 11s SSW | 6 km/h cross | 0.5m |
| Time | Surf | Swell | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 1.1 m | 1.0m 12s SSW | 10 km/h cross | 1.3m |
| 9 AM | 1.1 m | 0.9m 11s SSW | 9 km/h cross | 1.3m |
| 12 PM | 1.1 m | 0.9m 11s SSW | 11 km/h cross | 0.2m |
| 3 PM | 1.1 m | 0.9m 12s SSW | 10 km/h cross | -0.5m |
| 6 PM | 1.1 m | 0.9m 12s SSW | 10 km/h cross | 0.2m |
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| Time | Wave | Swell | Period | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 AM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 11s | 8 ESE cross | 0.9m |
| 8 AM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 11s | 8 ESE cross | 0.7m |
| 9 AM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 11s | 7 ESE cross | 0.5m |
| 10 AM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 6 ESE cross | 0.4m |
| 11 AM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 6 SE cross | 0.3m |
| 12 PM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 5 SE cross | 0.3m |
| 1 PM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 2 SE cross | 0.4m |
| 2 PM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 6 WNW cross | 0.5m |
| 3 PM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 9 WNW cross | 0.6m |
| 4 PM | 1.0m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 5 WSW on | 0.8m |
| 5 PM | 1.0m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 2 S on | 0.8m |
| 6 PM | 1.0m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 3 ESE cross | 0.8m |
| 7 PM | 1.0m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 9 ESE cross | 0.7m |
| 8 PM | 1.0m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 9 ESE cross | 0.5m |
| 9 PM | 1.1m | 1.0m SSW | 13s | 9 ESE cross | 0.4m |
| 10 PM | 1.1m | 1.0m SSW | 13s | 9 ESE cross | 0.3m |
| 11 PM | 1.1m | 1.0m SSW | 13s | 9 ESE cross | 0.2m |
| 12 AM | 1.1m | 1.0m SSW | 13s | 9 E cross | 0.2m |
| 1 AM | 1.1m | 1.1m SSW | 13s | 9 E cross | 0.4m |
| 2 AM | 1.2m | 1.1m SSW | 13s | 9 E cross | 0.6m |
| 3 AM | 1.2m | 1.1m SSW | 13s | 9 ESE cross | 0.8m |
| 4 AM | 1.2m | 1.2m SSW | 13s | 9 ESE cross | 1.0m |
| 5 AM | 1.2m | 1.2m SSW | 13s | 9 ESE cross | 1.2m |
| 6 AM | 1.3m | 1.2m SSW | 13s | 9 ESE cross | 1.2m |
About Northern Rights
Northern Rights é um poderoso reef break de direita que exige habilidade e comprometimento desde o momento em que você rema para fora. A onda pode oferecer longas e rápidas paredes com seções tubulares que desafiam até os surfistas mais experientes, e o recife abaixo mantém todos honestos. Surfistas avançados com sólida habilidade de tube riding tirarão o máximo proveito deste local quando o swell estiver forte. Ele permanece relativamente pouco lotado em comparação com os breaks mais famosos de Sumbawa, tornando a busca por ele válida.
Local knowledge
O principal perigo é o recife raso e afiado logo abaixo da onda quebrando — quedas em sets maiores podem empurrá-lo para o coral vivo com força séria, então botas de recife e um capacete valem a pena considerar. Uma corrente forte corre ao longo da borda do recife por dentro, o que pode tornar as remadas eficientes, mas pega surfistas despreparados de surpresa durante os sets de limpeza. Ouriços-do-mar colonizam a prateleira interna do recife, então evite ficar ou se arrastar em qualquer coisa rasa durante a entrada e saída.
Northern Rights está localizado em uma faixa remota da costa norte de Sumbawa; o acesso mais prático é por charter de barco a partir de Hu'u ou via um live-aboard, já que o acesso rodoviário é difícil e a costa não oferece uma entrada fácil para remar. Se aproximando por terra, uma trilha para 4x4 leva você perto de um ponto rochoso onde uma entrada de canal bem cronometrada no lado leste do break permite que você reme para fora sem cruzar o recife principal. Não há warungs no próprio break, então leve tudo o que você precisa — água, cera e um kit básico de primeiros socorros.
Em dias padrão de 3–6 pés, traga sua shortboard favorita ou um thruster de desempenho um pouco mais longo e cheio (6'2"–6'6") que possa lidar com paredes rápidas e ocas sem emperrar em quedas íngremes. Quando o swell empurra acima da cabeça e além, suba para um step-up de 6'8"–7'2" com volume extra sob o peito — a velocidade que essa onda gera torna uma prancha flexível para ondas pequenas uma responsabilidade nos sets maiores.
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Surfing in Sumbawa
Full Sumbawa surf guide →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.