Surfing West Java

After a four year hiatus from surfing in Indonesia, we made a trip to Java, a first for myself, and although we travelled during February which is considered the least consistent month for swell in this area, we still scored quality head high waves everyday with a few bigger days thrown in.


The motley bunch of reprobates that made up our surf crew chowing down at Sawarna Point on some spicy concoction supplied and delivered by the local villagers, from left to right, Loopy Luey, Dave, Sirus and Phuket Paul.


Due to limited time we only surfed the known breaks however the Java coastline is flogged by heavy surf year round, we did do a little sniffing around and without doubt there are countless other waves to be found. All in all it was one of the better surf trips we've had in terms of wave quality, consistency and fun, and we hope to return to West Java in the not too distant future.