Phantoms
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| Time | Surf | Swell | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 0.9 m | 0.9m 11s SSW | 5 km/h cross | 1.1m |
| 9 AM | 0.9 m | 0.9m 11s SSW | 6 km/h cross | 0.5m |
| 12 PM | 0.9 m | 0.9m 12s SSW | 7 km/h on | 0.3m |
| 3 PM | 0.9 m | 0.9m 12s SSW | 8 km/h on | 0.6m |
| 6 PM | 1.0 m | 0.9m 12s SSW | 1 km/h on | 0.8m |
| Time | Surf | Swell | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 1.3 m | 1.2m 13s SSW | 4 km/h cross | 1.2m |
| 9 AM | 1.3 m | 1.3m 13s SSW | 6 km/h cross | 0.7m |
| 12 PM | 1.4 m | 1.4m 13s SSW | 2 km/h on | 0.1m |
| 3 PM | 1.4 m | 1.4m 13s SSW | 7 km/h off | 0.3m |
| 6 PM | 1.4 m | 1.4m 13s SSW | 3 km/h off | 0.7m |
| Time | Surf | Swell | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 1.3 m | 1.3m 12s SSW | 6 km/h cross | 1.3m |
| 9 AM | 1.3 m | 1.3m 12s SSW | 1 km/h cross | 1.0m |
| 12 PM | 1.3 m | 1.2m 12s SSW | 8 km/h on | 0.1m |
| 3 PM | 1.2 m | 1.2m 12s SSW | 4 km/h on | -0.1m |
| 6 PM | 1.2 m | 1.1m 11s SSW | 4 km/h off | 0.5m |
| Time | Surf | Swell | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 1.1 m | 1.0m 12s SSW | 7 km/h cross | 1.3m |
| 9 AM | 1.1 m | 0.9m 11s SSW | 10 km/h cross | 1.3m |
| 12 PM | 1.1 m | 0.9m 11s SSW | 8 km/h cross | 0.2m |
| 3 PM | 1.1 m | 0.9m 12s SSW | 1 km/h off | -0.5m |
| 6 PM | 1.1 m | 0.9m 12s SSW | 4 km/h cross | 0.2m |
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| Time | Wave | Swell | Period | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 AM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 11s | 6 ESE cross | 0.5m |
| 10 AM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 4 ESE cross | 0.4m |
| 11 AM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 2 SW on | 0.3m |
| 12 PM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 7 WSW on | 0.3m |
| 1 PM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 16 W on | 0.4m |
| 2 PM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 14 WSW on | 0.5m |
| 3 PM | 0.9m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 8 SW on | 0.6m |
| 4 PM | 1.0m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 7 WSW on | 0.8m |
| 5 PM | 1.0m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 5 WSW on | 0.8m |
| 6 PM | 1.0m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 1 SW on | 0.8m |
| 7 PM | 1.0m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 6 SE cross | 0.7m |
| 8 PM | 1.0m | 0.9m SSW | 12s | 13 ESE cross | 0.5m |
| 9 PM | 1.1m | 1.0m SSW | 13s | 13 ESE cross | 0.4m |
| 10 PM | 1.1m | 1.0m SSW | 13s | 12 ESE cross | 0.3m |
| 11 PM | 1.1m | 1.0m SSW | 13s | 11 ESE cross | 0.2m |
| 12 AM | 1.1m | 1.0m SSW | 13s | 11 ESE cross | 0.2m |
| 1 AM | 1.1m | 1.1m SSW | 13s | 11 ESE cross | 0.4m |
| 2 AM | 1.2m | 1.1m SSW | 13s | 11 ESE cross | 0.6m |
| 3 AM | 1.2m | 1.1m SSW | 13s | 11 ESE cross | 0.8m |
| 4 AM | 1.2m | 1.2m SSW | 13s | 8 ESE cross | 1.0m |
| 5 AM | 1.2m | 1.2m SSW | 13s | 6 ESE cross | 1.2m |
| 6 AM | 1.3m | 1.2m SSW | 13s | 4 ESE cross | 1.2m |
| 7 AM | 1.3m | 1.2m SSW | 13s | 5 ESE cross | 1.1m |
| 8 AM | 1.3m | 1.3m SSW | 13s | 5 SE cross | 0.9m |
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
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.
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.
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.
mellow — relaxed vibe.
Where to go now
Phantoms vs. nearby, live| Spot | Surf | Swell | Wind | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phantoms Best now this spot | 0.9m | 0.9m 11s | 6 cross | Epic |
| 5 km away | 0.9m | 0.8m 11s | 0 off | Epic |
| 5 km away | 0.9m | 0.8m 11s | 0 off | Epic |
| 7 km away | 0.9m | 0.8m 11s | 0 off | Epic |
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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.