Super Suck surf

Super Suck

Expert
Reef break · Uncrowded · Best: Abril a octubre · All tides
Super Suck is the best spot in Sumbawa right now Epic
Conditions right now
Epic
Wave
1.5m
Swell
1.3m
11s · SSW
Period
11s
Wind
6 km/h
SE · gust 17
Cross-shore
Water
29°C
Air
28°C

Surf report

Tide falling · Low 11:00 AM 0.2m
Time Surf Swell Wind Tide
6 AM 1.5 m
1.4m 11s SSW
8 km/h cross
1.0m
9 AM 1.5 m
1.3m 11s SSW
6 km/h cross
0.4m
12 PM 1.5 m
1.3m 12s SSW
6 km/h on
0.2m
3 PM 1.5 m
1.3m 12s SSW
16 km/h cross
0.7m
6 PM 1.6 m
1.4m 12s SSW
19 km/h cross
0.8m
Best session today
6 AM–8 AM
Cross-shore 1.9m swell @ 13s

Next 24 hours

Wave Swell
0.0 1.3 2.5 9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM12 AM3 AM6 AM

Wind

Speed Gusts (km/h)
0 20 40 9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM12 AM3 AM6 AM

Tide

Low 11:00 AM · 0.2m High 5:00 PM · 0.9m Low 11:00 PM · 0.1m High 5:00 AM · 1.3m
L 11 AM H 5 PM L 11 PM H 5 AM L 12 PM H 6 PM L 12 AM H 6 AM 9 AM3 PM9 PM3 AM9 AM3 PM9 PM3 AM

7-day outlook

Best days
Wed, Jun 10
1.4–1.7m
Thu, Jun 11
1.8–2.3m
Fri, Jun 12 Best
1.8–2.2m
Sat, Jun 13
1.8–1.9m
Sun, Jun 14
1.7–1.8m
Mon, Jun 15
1.6–1.8m
Tue, Jun 16
1.3–1.5m

Hourly detail

Show next 24h
Time Wave Swell Period Wind Tide
9 AM 1.5m 1.3m SSW 11s 6 SE cross 0.4m
10 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 12s 5 SE cross 0.2m
11 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 12s 3 S on 0.2m
12 PM 1.5m 1.3m SSW 12s 6 S on 0.2m
1 PM 1.5m 1.3m SSW 12s 12 SSE on 0.4m
2 PM 1.5m 1.3m SSW 12s 16 SSE on 0.6m
3 PM 1.5m 1.3m SSW 12s 16 SSE cross 0.7m
4 PM 1.6m 1.3m SSW 12s 17 SE cross 0.8m
5 PM 1.6m 1.4m SSW 12s 19 SE cross 0.9m
6 PM 1.6m 1.4m SSW 12s 19 SE cross 0.8m
7 PM 1.6m 1.4m SSW 12s 18 ESE cross 0.7m
8 PM 1.7m 1.5m SSW 12s 17 SE cross 0.5m
9 PM 1.7m 1.5m SSW 13s 16 SE cross 0.3m
10 PM 1.7m 1.5m SSW 13s 16 ESE cross 0.1m
11 PM 1.7m 1.6m SSW 13s 14 ESE cross 0.1m
12 AM 1.8m 1.6m SSW 13s 13 SE cross 0.2m
1 AM 1.8m 1.7m SSW 13s 12 ESE cross 0.4m
2 AM 1.8m 1.7m SSW 13s 12 SE cross 0.6m
3 AM 1.9m 1.7m SSW 13s 12 ESE cross 0.9m
4 AM 1.9m 1.8m SSW 13s 11 ESE cross 1.1m
5 AM 1.9m 1.8m SSW 13s 10 ESE cross 1.3m
6 AM 2.0m 1.9m SSW 13s 8 ESE cross 1.2m
7 AM 2.0m 1.9m SSW 13s 9 ESE cross 1.1m
8 AM 2.0m 2.0m SSW 13s 8 SE cross 0.9m

About Super Suck

Super Suck é uma esquerda extremamente rápida e oca, localizada perto de Maluk, na costa oeste de Sumbawa. Este reef break é famoso por seu take-off direto para o tubo, seções com uma borda grossa e uma parede vertical, que exigem leitura perfeita e confiança em cada remada. A onda quebra sobre um recife muito raso e, com um swell sólido, pode gerar longos tubos perfeitos que se estendem por mais de 150 metros. Super Suck não perdoa erros, mas em bons dias, é uma das ondas mais emocionantes do planeta.

Local knowledge

Hazards

Recife de coral vivo extremamente raso, seco na maré baixa, diretamente sob a seção de takeoff e tubo — quedas aqui regularmente terminam em cortes profundos no recife, e ficar preso no interior é o verdadeiro perigo quando a onda suga e expõe o fundo. A onda é rápida como um trem de carga e implacável, então um takeoff mal feito te coloca direto no recife; ouriços-do-mar e a forte corrente de deriva que te arrasta para a seção interna rochosa aumentam o risco. Em um bom swell, a lineup fica cheia de profissionais viajantes e surfistas ousados, e a zona de takeoff é apertada e agressiva.

Getting there

A maioria dos surfistas chega de barco a partir de Maluk ou fica em um dos acampamentos de surf perto do ponto e caminha/remada para fora — há um acesso por uma trilha de terra perto da ponta onde você pode estacionar. Sincronize sua entrada nas pedras do ponto e use a correnteza/canal no ombro para sair para o fundo sem passar pelo recife; voltar é mais fácil surfando uma onda em direção ao interior e saindo no mesmo ponto em uma maré crescente. Melhor na maré média a alta — na maré baixa, o recife seca e se torna quase impossível de surfar e muito mais perigoso.

Board

Traga uma prancha rápida e alongada para tubos em ondas pequenas — uma shortboard levemente step-up ou uma prancha específica para tubos com mais drive ajuda você a fazer o steep e rápido takeoff e manter a linha através do longo tubo. Em dias maiores e mais sólidos, aumente para uma step-up de 6'4"–6'8"; este não é lugar para um fish ou qualquer coisa lenta.

Localism

moderate — be polite, wait your turn.

Where to go now

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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.