To be really honest, it made me value the waves we have here even more, the waves there are just a bit heavy for my liking. Napalms breaks on about 2' of water over a coral reef, which I was dragged over a couple of times. One Palm is breaks over 1' of water on the same coral reefs. It's a fringe coral reef - anyway the bottom goes from about 15' deep to 1' deep, as the reef just comes straight up and fringes what used to be a giant caldera (volcano cone). These waves are perfect but fast and VERY unforgiving. If you don't mind that then this is the place for you but for me, while I did get some good waves at times, it was a bit much for me. I'd imagined 2 x 4 hour surfs a day, these places if you were still intact after an hour or so, you'd quit while you were ahead (or as was often the case only slightly cut up!). You really really had to take note of how many more waves were in a set, because if you didn't make a wave that's how many would hit you, and eventually and inevitably, drag you back onto the reef. Love the duck dive on dry reef sensation as sets come for ya! FST handles reef hits pretty well!Originally Posted by core personal training
So while it was an epic adventure and a great test for the hellfire I'll picking some place with less "heavy" and more "fun" for my next surfari. I know there are perfect barrels out there that break in more than 2' of water! Indo sets are separated by long lulls as well which on one hand is a blessing when you are stuck in a bad place, a little more consistency would help get dialed a bit better. I'll stick some photos up soon, there's a few to sort through and also fix up a little.
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