Foiling Indonesia

Looking for any advice/ideas for foiling trips to Lombok, Sumba, Rote... etc Stepping away from the Bali mainland
Interested in quality of waves.
- Time of year for conditions
- ease of arranging and costs for boats to tow
- Wind quality
Adventure levels.
Thanks

I have been thinking about this a bit recently . Mostly just fantasising as Ive got a baby boy and surf trips are on the back burner for a while.


I might be wrong about this but I think the 2 best spots for wind in indo are Rote and Aceh. Both would be quite interesting and adventurous. Both spots get good consistent trade winds regularly up to 20 knots give or take. Not exactly nuking but more than the rest of indo. Rote gets a fair bit of swell. The main wave there T- land is quite offshore in the trade winds. Maybe too offshore for wind sports. There’s plenty of other spots there and I’m pretty sure people foil there but not sure of the details. That western tip of rote which is the main surf area certainly has a ton of potential for wind and waves.


Aceh gets a lot of wind supposedly consistently 15-25 knots. It’s got a fairly long straight coast and is a bit less swell exposed than most other places in indo. That could be a good thing for foiling as most foilers aren’t chasing big waves. Less swell can potentially help in forming good bumps too. Maybe some downwind potential there.


Tabuhan island which is just north of the Bali strait ( between java and Bali) also gets good consistent wind. The wind funnels through the gap between java and Bali and is much stronger than the red of Bali. No swell there but could be some good bumps. Possibly even some wind against current in the bali strait. Boat traffic and getting sucked out to sea could be potential hazards though.


Of course lakey peak area in sumbawa is probably the most known/ publicised wind and wave location in indo. However the waves look a bit gnarlier than most people want for foiling.


Man so much potential over there. There would have to be some absolutely amazing foil waves tucked away in all those islands. Places where the swell wraps and refracts around islands or wind funneling between volcanoes with wind against tide creating epic bumps.

I am basically imagining Michael Peterson in Morning of the Earth type vibes.

Let us know how you go ( or maybe just send me a DM so we don’t blow up the spots 😉)

ps. This is all second hand info just based off lots of late night research and day dreaming