In Reply to: PLEASE HELP A LOST SOUL :) posted by SurferDan on Friday, 6. January 2006 at 06:33 Bali Time:
fly (very cheaply with merpati) from Darwin to Kupang Timor and go up to Nembrala on Rote. Great surfing and a great experience!
Some information for you from one of the surfing tour sites.
"Rote Island is the furthest southern point of Indonesia, with beautiful unspoilt beaches combining amazing surfbreaks (onshore and offshore), pockets of lush tropical rainforests, savannah's and rolling hills ending in sheer cliff. A tropical paradise that has been kept untouched and unspoiled from tourism for so long. You now have the chance to experience this Indo-dream. For confident surfers.
Nembrala Beach is the best base area, with T-LAND 'claiming to be the best LEFT-hand wave in Indonesia" located directly out the front. This can be surfed on all tides. With rides 200metres long. It is less crowed than G-land and longer. Another 10 great surf breaks ranging from peaky rights to barrelling lefts. Also fishing and snorkelling is available (but please bring your own snorkelling gear).
OTHER SURFBREAKS:
Homebreak - a left-hander a fun lumpy left, can create a 5 metre face on this wave.
Peanuts & Bo'a - 2 more left-handers on the mainland of Roti, 1/2 hour from Nembrala (shallow reef)
N'Dau Island - (access by boat) Both the left and right-hander are fast and steep.
Do'o Island - (access by boat) Claimed to be the longest right hander in Indonesian archipeligo. Some several hundred metres of perpetual motion. Do'o is sheer and fast and can be very fickle"