Phantoms surf

Phantoms

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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
1.1m
Swell
1.0m
10s · SSW
Period
10s
Wind
4 km/h
SSE · gust 9
Onshore
Water
28°C
Air
24°C

Surf report

Tide rising · High 7:00 AM 1.0m
Time Surf Swell Wind Tide
6 AM 1.2 m
1.1m 10s SSW
5 km/h cross
0.9m
9 AM 1.3 m
1.1m 10s SSW
6 km/h on
0.8m
12 PM 1.3 m
1.2m 10s SSW
9 km/h on
0.0m
3 PM 1.4 m
1.1m 10s SSW
12 km/h on
-0.5m
6 PM 1.4 m
1.2m 9s SSW
7 km/h on
0.2m
Best session today
6 AM–8 AM
Cross-shore 1.1m swell @ 10s

Next 24 hours

Wave Swell
0.0 1.0 2.0 1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM

Wind

Speed Gusts (km/h)
0 15 30 1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM

Tide

High 7:00 AM · 1.0m Low 3:00 PM · -0.5m High 9:00 PM · 0.7m Low 2:00 AM · 0.1m
H 7 AM L 3 PM H 9 PM L 2 AM H 8 AM L 3 PM H 10 PM 1 AM7 AM1 PM7 PM1 AM7 AM1 PM7 PM

7-day outlook

Best days
Tue, Sep 8
1.1–1.4m
Wed, Sep 9
1.2–1.4m
Thu, Sep 10
1.1–1.2m
Fri, Sep 11 Best
1.0–1.1m
Sat, Sep 12 Best
1.0–1.0m
Sun, Sep 13
1.1–1.2m
Mon, Sep 14 Best
1.2–1.3m

Hourly detail

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

About Phantoms

Phantoms é uma onda de reef pesada e de quebra rápida que vive na imaginação de surfistas avançados em busca de algo cru e sem multidões em Sumbawa. Ela se ergue sobre um reef raso com um poder sério, produzindo lábios grossos e tubos desafiadores que punem a hesitação. O paddle-out e a posição exigem experiência, e as quedas aqui não devem ser levadas na leveza. Quando as condições se alinham, Phantoms entrega o tipo de ondas que tornam uma viagem de surf verdadeiramente memorável.

Local knowledge

Hazards

O reef é raso, afiado e implacável — uma queda pesada na maré baixa pode significar lacerações sérias ou pior. Correntes laterais fortes podem tornar a posição complicada e te empurrar rapidamente para a zona de impacto; as correntes ao redor da borda do reef exigem um paddle confiante. Ouriços-do-mar colonizam a plataforma do reef, então é fortemente aconselhável usar booties para qualquer entrada ou saída.

Getting there

Phantoms é melhor acessado por meio de um charter de barco saindo de Hu'u ou a bordo de um barco de surf que opere na costa de Sumbawa — não há um paddle-out terrestre direto. Organize uma viagem de um dia ou um live-aboard através de operadores em Hu'u ou Dompu; o barco te deixa no canal, de onde você rema para a posição. Mantenha o canal claramente em mente para sua saída, especialmente quando o swell está forte e a corrente está fluindo.

Board

Uma prancha de performance alta na faixa de 6'2"–6'6" com rocker sólido lida bem com as decolagens íngremes e seções rápidas de tubo em dias padrão; aumente para uma 6'8"–7'0" quando o swell estiver acima da cabeça para manter o controle através dos lábios grossos e instáveis. Deixe a fish em casa — essa onda recompensa impulso e controle, não flutuação.

Localism

mellow — relaxed vibe.

Where to go now

Phantoms vs. nearby, live
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Phantoms Best now
this spot
1.1m
1.0m 10s
4 on
Good
5 km away
1.1m
1.0m 10s
5 on
Good
5 km away
1.1m
1.0m 10s
5 on
Good
7 km away
1.1m
1.0m 10s
9 on
Good

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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.