Thailand waves ???

Post by **RichQ** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 3:15 pm

Hey Prids, WTF you going Thailand for?? If your missus wants resorts, pools ,coctails etc ...go to Lombok. I stayed at the Novotel near Kuta afew years ago....surfed twice aday, got great waves...Wife got massaged, coctailed, spa treatmented, poolside tropical flower petal showerblahblahblah...everybody happy.

Post by **LONGINUS** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:02 am

rightbrainpositive wrote:Hey Mark, if you are really keen you should get out to the Andaman/Nicobar Islands. I know that the reefs were affected after the Tsunami but with a little research I reckon you will still find waves that will be a LOT better than the best day at the best break in Thailand.

Getting there won't be as cheap as a local flight within Thailand but I reckon it would be worth it

I've looked into this and its not that hard anymore. All flights are internal from India. A lot of infrastructure was ruined post 2004 tsunami which has pushed travel up a little, boats still tricky to arrange for surf travel once you are here though. Fed by the same swell trains that power the Mentawai and Telos Islands albeit a little more attenuated. About $1500 to Mumbai. A few hundred to Chennai and then a few hundred to Port Blair (Andamans). Not sure its the best destination for the wife and kids style trip though at present

Post by **siam** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:25 am

The Andamans only works well at NE/SW monsoon transition months earlier not much swell, later too much wind

Post by **LONGINUS** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:44 am

siam wrote:The Andamans only works well at NE/SW monsoon transition months earlier not much swell, later too much wind

Ah right, so kind of like the Phillipines?

Post by **tangomango** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:22 pm

I am also going to Thailand in july and returning in August.Since 2004 and every year after,I have been travelling to Phuket,taking my own boards and have surfed Patong,Karon,Kata,Naiharn and Kalim...my choice is Kalim,a reef break not unlike Long Reef inside bommy...sort of..!!??
Kalim can get good and I have surfed it at 3-4 feet alone...
The beauty of Thailand is NO CROWDS...Altho' Kata Beach can be a little crowded but nowhere near Aussie standards...
The onshore winds will blow the crap out of the waves for days,but when the wind drops...woo hoo..!!
In the 2 weeks you're there,you're bound to crack a few good days with long sessions...
Thailand is not full on hard core surfing...but heaps of fun,uncrowded and delicious Thai food and cheap too..!!...

Post by **pridmore** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:37 pm

RichQ wrote:Hey Prids, WTF you going Thailand for?? If your missus wants resorts, pools ,coctails etc ...go to Lombok. I stayed at the Novotel near Kuta afew years ago....surfed twice aday, got great waves...Wife got massaged, coctailed, spa treatmented, poolside tropical flower petal showerblahblahblah...everybody happy.

coz we want to...We have holidayed in lots of places and they have always been surf destinations so it is only fair that she picks where we go this time, we are going to the full moon party too as well as some cultural stuff...and if I happen to get a few waves thats great but if not, still be good hol and I have had soo many waves in the last few years.....

Post by **tangomango** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:14 pm

Pridoes..??...Tell me exactly where you're staying in Thailand and I can perhaps point you in the right direction for wave action and how to get there....
Be specific please..!!??...Phuket..??...Which beach..??...

Post by **tangomango** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:17 pm

That's funny...I sent a message...where it went I know not...!!??...
Anyway Pridoes...Tell me exactly where you are going to stay in Thailand and I will direct you to the best waves and how to get there...??....
Phuket...??...which beach...??...

Post by **pridmore** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:25 pm

cool, will PM soon...thanks

Post by **pridmore** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:10 pm

epic holiday, had 3 surfs in 3 ft wind swell at Phuket, not great but still fun. Warmest water I have ever surfed in..the place is great for a holiday without real waves, food was all time and so cheap, definitely goin back. The waves were pretty poor but it was fun to surf there anyway, the local Thai surfers go ok, couple of them were askin me lots of questions bout the waves where I am from and stuff and when they found out I was a shaper they were pretty keen on gettin a board....there is definitely waves there but not of a great quality but there is a few spots that would get waves for sure when the conditions were right...I did see a spot from the air which looked like a left hand reef set up, not great but definitely some considitent shape there, not too far from the airport....if anyone wants a non surf hol, Thailand is great....

Post by **lessormore** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:26 pm

Pics or it didn't happen!

Did the Aquabat make the trip?
7 days and counting till South Pacific Sojourn no 2.
Bring it on!

Post by **pridmore** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:49 pm

nah, didnt take a board and glad too...had lots of flights and cabs and diff places to go before we went to Phuket where the waves were...would have been a real pain to drag a board around....hope you score on your trip, you must be pumped...what boards you taken this time mate ???

some pics of a few waves, they were pretty average but better than the pics show, water was so warm, must have been close to 30 degrees I reckon....

I hired a Tiki quad, 6'0 x 20 x 2 1/2", went ok but had to change the fins as they had them in all wrong and had a 9ft mal leash on it that was about to break, their surfboard knowledge is very limited but they just wanna surf and have fun, it was good to see it. One local guy dropped in on me on purpose just to let me know that it was his local beach, I just smiled at him and he said to me in his best Aussie accent " Sorry Mate, didnt see you ", I replied, " no worries mate, I'll do the same to you when you come to Australia"...Him and his mate surfed ok ( bit below average for Aussie standard but they were the best in the line-up, they were watching every wave I caught and asking lots of stuff about waves in OZ...it was cool, I'm sending a few shirts over to them soon...They had shitty boards and dings all over the place, wish I was a rich bugger, I would have thrown them on a plane and showed them some of our waves and coastline and sent them home with new boards...

Post by **LONGINUS** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:19 am

Nice one Mark, that top shot looks like it would be worth going out for a hoot. That's about what I found when I was in Phiuket. Same deal as you though - wasn't a dedicated surf trip so anything that happened to come along was a bonus.

Post by **lessormore** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:48 am

Ready to be packed.Should cover most conditions- 6'4,6'6 and 7'2.
3m swell predicted and good winds. Yeehaa!

Post by **LONGINUS** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:54 am

What dims are you fatbat? ^^^^^^^^^ Spring just around the corner and that is my goto board

Post by **pridmore** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:55 am

cool,have a great time...evaer tried the butterflies in the other boards ? if so how was it ???

Post by **LONGINUS** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:59 am

I still need to get them - can you PM me details Mark?

Post by **lessormore** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:55 pm

LONGINUS wrote:What dims are you fatbat? ^^^^^^^^^ Spring just around the corner and that is my goto board

6'4 x 20 5/8" x 2 9/16"(from what I can remember-it's already packed away)
I'm 6.3-92kgs

I'm gonna give the b/flys a try in other boards while away.

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