INCIDENTAL WAVES
SOBATU, PULAU NIAS.
Lagundri Bay was discovered a long time ago. In fact, Kevin Lovett and John Giesel found it in 1975. Since then it has had some amazing times, and there have been some glorious moments. It is the type of wave and place that goes off the radar for a while, sometimes years, and then comes roaring back in with a vengeance. There have also been world-class WSL events there, like the O’Neill Deep Jungle Open and the current Nias Pro, set for September of this year.
At Lagundri Bay there were always other waves to surf, and even though they did change somewhat after the Nias-Simeulue earthquake of 2005, they are still there. The gnarly left reef break known as The Machine, is on the inside of the bay. The Indicator is on the outside section of the reef, and Kiddies Corner is inside the main Nias reef. These waves are all surfed, or were all surfed over the years, but for so many years no one bothered to walk around the corner.
It’s only about a 15-minute walk along the shoreline to Sobatu and
