I havent heard much of the place, really, it was just from a few images and some people that ive come across in my travels.
We checked the net on arriving in Bali and saw a sweet 6-8ft+ 14 sec SW swell hitting the place in a few days time. The last place we wanted to be was Bali when a great long period swell was coming.
So we jumped on a plane to Jarkarta and got some Javanese fellas to drive us (7 hours
) down to a fishing village where we could hire a fishing boat and take us to Panaitan Island, home of One Palm Point.This is the little fishing boat we got. It was only us 3 guys and a few fishermen. There was not enough room to sleep on it so we had to put our stuff in garbage bags and paddle over the reef to the Island where set up camp.
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9. The next morning was on fire.
10. No, its not cold. The place is so shallow that they all wore steamers. The sea temp was 27 degrees. They were not kooks, they had been coming here for years. They were all in their mid to late 30's or early 40's.
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13. The wave was so long, this guy was heading all the way to "Manginas".
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16. On the right swell they say, it one of the longest waves in the world.
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19. There was only a couple of boats that rocked up the whole time. One boat was called "Just Dreaming", none of them got in the water the whole time. The other fellas (from NZ, US and Australia) told us they have heaps of Bintangs before heading out. This, they assured us, would calm their nerves.
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24. This place was different. As you can see, the tree line in the back ground. This ran all the way to the right about 2 or 3kms to One Palm. This was one of many kegs that kept rolling down the coast. We were out here and you could see these big lines coming through One Palm and watch the same wave for minutes come down to where this break is. It was shallow and angry like One Palm.
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28. Late arvo bomb out One Palm.
Jeez, it was a hell of a place. The live coral, the communication barrier between us and the fishermen and the head injurys. It was not a holiday, rather an adventure. I dont think ill go back again, but if anyone hasnt been and are looking for a thrill, this is the place.
I have heaps of other pics of this place but next ill post some pics of Super Suck!
looks like you scored very big time. Got any of your crew surfing it?
