Mentawai is the white sandy beaches. With the wave height reaches 4 m and fractionalwave 6 kai attracted many surfers, surfers from Australia, Japan, America, New Zealand. Mentawai District was formed by four islands: Siberut, Sipora, Pagai North and South Pagai, located 85 -135 km from the coast of West Sumatra, between 00550-30200 LS and 980310-1000 400 ± BT with a land area of 7000 km2 (Siberut 4480 km2, 845 km2 Sipora, Pagai 1675 km2). Tua Pejat at Sipora Island is the Capital District.
Mentawai island sediment is a muddy, clay mixed lime landless. The highest rainfall occursin April (290 mm) and October (390 mm) while the lowest rainfall occurs in February (220mm) and June (220 mm). The deposition process continues along the east coast includingwaters within. West coast is relatively straight, wide sandy,undulating large, a little rock and not common to navigate.
Panaitan, is an island located in the west Java Sea, near Ujung Kulon. Between the island of Java Panaitan and bounded by the Strait of Panaitan. Administratively, the island isincluded in the territory Pandeglang, Banten.
Panaitan hills covered by forests and a wide variety of wild animals, like deer, wild boar,monkey, python snakes and birds. Several types of freshwater crocodiles and giant lizardscan also be found here. One of the high hill known as Mount Raksaa, which found an ancient Hindu statues at its peak.
Panaitan Island coastline is dotted with a wide sandy beach is naturally created somescuba dive sites to enjoy the coral reef and creates great waves for surfers. One of the famous dive spot in this place is a coral reef near Legon Butun Stone bald. However, due to strong currents and other natural factors, diving around the island of Panaitan not recommended for novice divers.
Panaitan Island is located in Ujung Kulon National Park area. To get to this place must travel by sea and must have a license because it is part of Ujung Kulon National Park. To get to the island can be reached via Cape Panaitan Lesung Beach Resort, Beach Carita byusing a speed boat for about an hour or timber ship about 3 hours. The waves here are verydangerous famous, so that only the professional surfers who usually visit this place.
Lombok Island
Lombok in many ways similar to Bali, and in the decade of the 1990s began to be known foreign tourists. But with the advent of the monetary crisis that hit Indonesia in late 1997 and other crises that accompany it, the potential of tourism rather not fail. In 2007 the tourism sector is the only growing sector in Lombok.
Lombok Island is an island in the Lesser Sunda Islands or Nusa Tenggara are separated by the Strait of Lombok and Bali in the west Sebelat Alas Strait to the east of Sumbawa. The island is roughly spherical with a kind of "tail" on the southwest side whose length is approximately 70 km. This island wide reach 5435 km ²
Access to the Lombok Islands :
The trip to Lombok can be reached by land, sea and air. Ground transportation through the port to the port of Padangbai in Bali in Lombok Sheet. Marine transportation through ports other than sheet, there is also a fast boat from Tanjung Benoa which even go directly to Gili Trawangan and Teluk Code.
Every day there are flights from Bali, Jakarta and Surabaya as well as from Singapore to Lombok. There are also flights from Mataram to Bima.
Sumbawa Island
Sumbawa Island is an island located in the province of West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The island is bordered by the Alas Strait to the west (memisalahkan the island of Lombok), Sape Strait to the east (Komodo Island), the Indian Ocean to the south, and the Flores Sea to the north. Its largest city is Bhima, who was in the eastern part of the island.
This island has an area of 14,386 km2, and is the largest island in West Nusa Tenggara province, as well as one of two main islands in the province. Its highest point is Mount Tambora (2824 m), which is also an active volcano.
Access to the Lombok Islands :
Regular ferry crossings from the port Padangbai (Bali, Lombok to the port sheet with a travel time of approximately 4 hours (depending on weather).
- Gili Cat fast boat from the port Padangbai (Bali) directly to Gili Trawangan and Teluk Code (Lombok). Regularly 2x a day (08:30 and 13:30 hours) by the time their journey is 1.5 hours and the maximum number of passengers 26 people.
- Suranadi Express, fast boat with a maximum passenger capacity of 217 people and 36 executive class VIPs class regularly depart from the port Padangbai (Bali) - Gili Trawangan (Lombok) hours of 10:00 and 14:00 and takes about 1.5 hours.
- Blue Water Express, the fast boat to Bali route and 3 Gili; Trawangan, Meno and Air. Regularly depart from Benoa to Gili Trawangan at 08.00 and takes about 2.5 hours.
Nias Island
Nias is an internationally famous surfing destination. The best known surfing area is Sorake Bay, close to the town of Teluk Dalam, on the southern tip. Enclosed by the beaches of Lagundri and Sorake, the bay has both left and right-hand breaks. As they wait for waves, surfers can often see sea turtles swimming below. There are also two consistent, world-class waves in the nearby Hinako Islands, Asu and Bawa. Many lesser-known, high-quality surf spots with low crowds await adventurous travelers.
Nias was part of the famous Hippie trail of the 1960s, particularly traveled by surfers, which led to Bali. Some claim that the waves at the southern beach of Sorake are better than the ones in Maui. It has been the site of several international surfing competitions in the past, particularly before the 1998 Indonesian Reformation Movement.
Despite the storied history of surfing in Nias, international surfing in Nias has slowed down especially (but not specifically) due to the recent earthquakes. The situation is slowly changing, however.
Transportation
To reach Nias, there is a weekly ship from Jakarta to Gunung Sitoli; there were ferries from Sibolga to Gunung Sitoli, Teluk Dalam, or Lahewa every day; before the Asian financial crisis hit Indonesia, there was a daily flight from Medan to Gunungsitoli. This became less frequent following the crisis.
Since the 1998 Reformation, however, transport links on and to the island have become poor. Internally, the road system is in a very bad condition. Externally the air and ferry links are unreliable. There are two ferry terminals (Gunungsitoli and Teluk Dalam) and an airport (Binaka, near G. Sitoli) on the island, serviced mainly from Sibolga and Medan respectively. However, local ferry companies regularly go out of business (or their boats sink), so only one terminal may be active at any given time. Since the 2005 earthquake, transportation has improved to cope with the increase in travel needs for reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts. Susi Air, SMAC, Merpati Air and UNHAS are the airlines that fly to Gunungsitoli.
Grajagan ( G-Land )
This place's real name Plengkung Coast, or so-called G-Land. "Grajagan" is a name of a nearby fishing harbor, where there before crossing the road that passed in the woods.Whatever it means, that's the nickname given to a local name called Plengkung. G-Land is located in the National Park Alas Purwo, Banyuwangi, East Java.
The location is ideal, because it is the southern tip, while the east of the mainland island of Java. Strategic location for surfing. Waves at Plengkung is one of the best in the world. G-Land is one of The Seven Giant Wonder Wave.Waves as high as 4-6 feet along the 2km in the formation of seven waves tiered "go to left" left-handed match ridden by surfers. To get to G-Land-hard struggle it takes, because you can only ride a motor vehicle up to the Village Trianggulasi, while the rest you have to walk as far as 12 km, considering the motor vehicle was allowed to pass through this area in order to maintain the naturalness of the National Park Alas Purwa.
But for those of you who do not feel strong enough to walk away, you can ride a speedboat from Grajagan or from Benoa Denpasar but it requires more money. Many of the surfers of the world has ever tried to malignancy G-Land, one of which is Kelly Slater, he laalu include G-Land as one of the surf in Game PS2, XBOX, and PC is Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer.
Transportation
To get to the beach Grajagan very easy, the course is paved and can be reached using private cars, rented, or public transport. It takes about 1 hour drive from the town of Banyuwangi. The location can be reached using four-wheel vehicles, even large buses.
If you use public transport from the city of Banyuwangi then Jember majors can take the bus or vice versa, and get off at Benculuk, the journey continues Benculuk rural transportation rose about 12 km to the beach Grajagan.
