Just Dreaming Surf Charters - Panaitan Island, West Java

28th June - 27th July 2016

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Hello again my Just Dreaming friends, John Olsen back at the helm reporting from West Java. Before setting sail conditions looked grim and we were told that the night before the weather was horrendous so a belting on the way out was to be expected but an hour into the Sunda Strait we purred all the way to perfect waves and perfect conditions for the entire trip.

The boat was filled with plenty of old stories and laughter until we rolled over some serious swells once we got into open ocean and the boat fell silent filled with anticipation (apart from Matto spewing his guts up) and shitting themselves really haha. All that nervous excitement was gone once we saw lefts reeling for days down the point and it was 100% froth mode and the boys were straight out there pulling in to drainpipes. We were lucky that the tides and winds were in our favour making for perfect conditions giving us the opportunity to surf most of the waves on the Island and pretty pumping too. The last night was spent sitting around a fire on a remote island reminiscing about the barrels we had drinking cans of Anker and bbqing the 10kg barracuda and a couple of 4kg GT that we snagged on the troll. 

Cheers

John Olsen