The Perfect Wave team is stoked with the launch of the newly rebuilt Oasis charter boat in the Mentawai   width="1259" height="708" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"> Especially when the above video clip from the first charter dropped. It got us thinking about all the amazing video clips we have produced over the last 17 years of surf travel. Check out our YouTube channel and subscribe to this incredible surf travel content; new clips dropping regularly. It turns out that many of the very best were produced on board the original Oasis, so it’s great to keep the traditio ..read more

The Indian Ocean has sprung in to life with all of our favourite swell sources firing up and sending pulses and lines toward some of the planets finest surf destinations. Already it’s looking like the 2024 season will be exceptional as the Indian Ocean reverts to a classic pattern of strong SW groundswells, pulsing SE trade swells and regular winds. Check out our latest Maldives and Indo Surf Report and forecast with exclusive insights to the season ahead. If you haven’t already booked your Maldives or Indo adventures for the season, now is the time to get a trip in your calendar and start fee ..read more

Finding great value in travel has been challenging recently, however, there is a beautiful island in the Indian Ocean that remains an exception. With year-round waves and adventures, exceptional cusine and hospitality and stunning small resorts this place is bouncing back in 2024, yet the prices seem like they are from earlier times.   ENQUIRE NOW   Sri Lanka has rebuilt and rebounded from the issues of a few years ago and it is primed and ready for an awesome season on the East Coast Points (May to October) and South Coast beach and reef breaks (October to May). Even better, the ai ..read more

Some years it just happens, it just clicks into gear and starts chugging away.     Oasis surf charter Mentawai Mentawai, early March 2024. ? by Jaran Pantic   2024 is one of those years when the small to medium swells of January and February started pushing into medium to solid swells in March followed by a solid to macking swell to end March and into April. All of this, accompanied by periods of light and variable winds and occasional stormy or gusty westerlies. Of course, when you are in the Mentawai with plenty of swell, there will always be a clean wave somewhere ..read more

Surf Report – March 2024 The 2024 Maldives surf season has begun in fine style, with the south-facing breaks of Gaafu Dhaalu firing up with solid swells and glassy conditions through March. The Indian Ocean has been providing swell through March from both of Maldives major swell windows. The SE swells usually don’t fire up until later, however, active monsoon troughs south of Sumatra have produced enhanced SE fetch south of the equator, resulting in a pulsing mid-period swell across much of the Maldives through mid-March.     Blue Bowls looking idyllic, 18 March 2024:   &nbs ..read more

It seems everyone is making their plans for a surf trip. How is your year looking? Are you dreaming of a real experience where world class waves, stunning resorts and vibrant cultures are all combine in a true trip of a lifetime. Have you thought about a Pacific Getaway? From Asia and the Americas the Pacific is on the doorstep – with Fiji, Vanuatu New Caledonia and Samoa you can fly one day, surf the next. Just to get you thinking, here is quick selection of some awesome Pacific Options.   ENQUIRE NOW     ENQUIRE NOW     ENQUIRE NOW     ENQUIRE NOW   ..read more

2024 will be remembered as a standout season for the surfing regions of PNG, with a once in a decade swell event just one highlight amongst consistent solid swell trains from both the North and North East.   As discussed in the January Forecast, a very major swell was forecast to peak around 22nd January 2024. Turns out Nathan Florence was also watching that swell and took John John on a strike mission to the Solomon Islands. Check the crazy peak of the swell here:               View this post on Instagram           ..read more

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by Charlie Pierce, Perfect Wave surf travel guru   The thing I love most about this job, is when you spend years selling a particular place, you do training with the operators, you get feedback from clients and you watch enough footage and check out enough photos to make you think you know a place as well as you can… and then when you finally get there, it still manages to blow you away. This is exactly what happened with Mahi Mahi Surf Resort  in North Sumatra. I’ve been working really closely with the resort for the last few years and with a string of happy clients, it was fairly o ..read more

Kandui Villas is a slick, eco-conscious family Resort, located in the heart of the Mentawai, in the prolific Playgrounds Region. frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen> In short – it’s wave central, there’s a wave for pretty much every level of surfer. Jordan Heuer set up Kandui Villas to provide a clean, safe resort option for surf travellers to feel comfy and confident enough to bring their partners and families along for the holiday. Perfect Wave Travel’s Ben Horvath caught up with Kand ..read more