Phantoms surf

Phantoms

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Reef break · Moderate · Best: May–October · All tides
Working best in Sumbawa now Scar Reef Epic · 1.9m @ 11s View →
Conditions right now
Good
Wave
1.5m
Swell
1.4m
11s · SSW
Period
11s
Wind
11 km/h
SW · gust 31
Onshore
Water
30°C
Air
31°C

Surf report

Tide rising · High 9:00 PM 1.5m
Time Surf Swell Wind Tide
6 AM 1.5 m
1.5m 11s SSW
4 km/h cross
0.1m
9 AM 1.5 m
1.4m 12s SSW
3 km/h on
1.1m
12 PM 1.5 m
1.4m 12s SSW
14 km/h on
0.6m
3 PM 1.5 m
1.4m 11s SSW
13 km/h on
-0.3m
6 PM 1.5 m
1.4m 11s SSW
11 km/h on
0.5m
Best session today
6 AM–8 AM
Cross-shore 1.4m swell @ 10s

Next 24 hours

Wave Swell
0.0 1.0 2.0 4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM

Wind

Speed Gusts (km/h)
0 20 40 4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM

Tide

High 9:00 PM · 1.5m Low 4:00 AM · -0.8m High 10:00 AM · 1.2m Low 4:00 PM · -0.3m
H 9 PM L 4 AM H 10 AM L 4 PM H 10 PM L 4 AM H 11 AM 4 PM10 PM4 AM10 AM4 PM10 PM4 AM10 AM

7-day outlook

Best days
Sun, Oct 25 Best
1.5–1.5m
Mon, Oct 26
1.3–1.5m
Tue, Oct 27
1.1–1.3m
Wed, Oct 28
0.9–1.1m
Thu, Oct 29
0.7–0.9m
Fri, Oct 30
0.7–0.7m
Sat, Oct 31
0.7–0.8m

Hourly detail

Show next 24h
Time Wave Swell Period Wind Tide
4 PM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 11s 11 SW on -0.2m
5 PM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 11s 10 SSW on 0.1m
6 PM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 11s 11 SSE on 0.5m
7 PM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 11s 11 SE cross 0.9m
8 PM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 11s 10 SE cross 1.3m
9 PM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 10s 7 SE cross 1.5m
10 PM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 10s 6 SE cross 1.5m
11 PM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 10s 5 ESE cross 1.2m
12 AM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 10s 5 ESE cross 0.7m
1 AM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 10s 5 ESE cross 0.2m
2 AM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 10s 5 ESE cross -0.3m
3 AM 1.5m 1.4m SSW 10s 4 ESE cross -0.7m
4 AM 1.4m 1.4m SSW 10s 4 ESE cross -0.8m
5 AM 1.4m 1.4m SSW 10s 5 ESE cross -0.6m
6 AM 1.4m 1.4m SSW 10s 5 ESE cross -0.3m
7 AM 1.4m 1.4m SSW 10s 4 ESE cross 0.2m
8 AM 1.4m 1.4m SSW 10s 3 SSE on 0.7m
9 AM 1.4m 1.4m SSW 10s 3 WSW on 1.0m
10 AM 1.4m 1.4m SSW 10s 9 WSW on 1.2m
11 AM 1.4m 1.4m SSW 10s 14 WSW on 1.1m
12 PM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 10s 14 WSW on 0.8m
1 PM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 10s 15 WSW on 0.4m
2 PM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 10s 16 WSW on -0.0m
3 PM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 10s 12 WSW on -0.3m

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
Spot Surf Swell Wind Now
Phantoms
this spot
1.5m
1.4m 11s
11 on
Good
5 km away
1.5m
1.4m 11s
13 on
Good
5 km away
1.5m
1.4m 11s
13 on
Good
Jimmy's Right Best now
7 km away
1.5m
1.4m 11s
8 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.