Rote Surf Information

Rote - West Timor

Overview of the Rote

Rote is located in the far east of Indonesia near West Timor, in contrast to areas of Indonesia such as Sumatra where the landscape is green and lush with a high rain fall and light winds, Rote receives a very low rain fall and the landscape is more dry, however like most areas of Indonesia the people are friendly, the culture rich, the water warm and the waves are often perfect.

Waves

 The main wave of focus is the long wally lefts of Nemberala, however there are many other waves on the surrounding islands, but access is only via boat, the waves

Crowd wise: In season T-land itself can get crowded, however the wave itself is more suited to average surfers or older surfers hence there is generally a laid back attitude in the water and not the young ripping grom crowd of other places in Indonesia.

Rote surf spots

Nemberala/T-Land- Is a long wally good quality left, generally not a barrel more just a nice peeling wave that breaks from 2 for 15 foot, some say the bigger it gets the better, getting more hollow, its a good wave for average surfers or older guys as it's also the kind of wave that you can find yourself surfing at a bigger size than you normally would, because it breaks at any size and any tide, it is fairly consistent however because it sits so far east it does have a smaller swell window than say Bali so doesn't catch straight south swells very well.

The wave itself is some distance offshore requiring a very long walk over the reef or a boat ride out, because it is so far from land and rote is so far east it does get very windy but the trade winds are straight offshore.

Vid of Nemberala and nearby right.

Boa- Long quality rights on solid swell and opposite winds to Nemberala, better early, late or wet season.

Other waves- variety of other lefts and rights reached only via fast boat or charter boat, charter boats also surf Savu island located between Rote and Sumba.

Surf camps/resort

All of the surf camps/resorts/losmens are located at Nemberala.

Rote surf house-House/villa style accommodation, with boat to surf breaks, max guest 10, www.rotesurfhouse.com

Nemberala beach resort- Bungalow style accommodation with pool, $160-$250 pp pn price includes meals www.nemberalabeachresort.com

T-Land resort- Bungalow style accomadation with pool $145-$160 pp pn children $50 pn prices include meals (due to open 2012) www.t-landresort.com

Losmen Anugurah- basic accommodation with meals, 086812108916, rotisurf@yahoo.com $5-$15 pp pn

Charter boats that focus on Rote:

A few charter boats include the rote area as part of there trip, they normally also visit, Savu island and Sumba ans some the other islands of Sumbawa or lombok.

Mahalo 3 Indonesian explorations- 46ft power catamaran,cruising speed 15 knots, max 8 guest www.mahalo3indo.com

Moana boat charter-Surfing, Diving Charters 30m traditional pinisi schooner, cruising speed 8 knots, max 10 guest www.moanacruising.com

Sri noa noa- charter boat from bali to rote, 46ft twin masted schooner, cruise speed 7 knots, max 7 guest, 10-14 day trips from $165+pp pd www.cruisebali.com

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