Surf Heaven turns to Surf Chaos

Heaven is turned asunder! Thats whats happened to a number of surfers travelling in the Mentawai Island Chain off of Sumatra, Indonesia. Considered the best wave hunting trip on the planet due to the amount of world class waves in the area, coupled with a super high swell window. I, myself, have done the coveted boat trip to these Islands and what a trip it was!

Unfortunately for the surfers and the people of of the Islands, there was a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in the area last night which caused a Tsunami. Resorts and villages were submerged, people flocked to the Islands high points and some surfers even needed to climb trees (Check this Link). Two surf charter boats are missing and up to 10 Australian surfers. South African surf travel company, All Aboard, reports that all their South African clients are accounted for, with no deaths or missing people.

You can find out more here - Sidney Morning Herald

In order to help the people of the Islands please support Surf Aid

Surf Aid Org

We obviously hope that the death toll is much lower than the last time this happened and that all the people of Sumatra and those traveling in the area will be alright.