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Consistency
8
difficulty
4
crowd
150M
wave length
REEF
break type
8
WAVE QUALITY
Kandui Resort
Rifles
Right
Nipussi
Right
Kandui
Left
4 Bobs
Right
Ebay
Left
Burger World
Right
Bank Vaults
Right
Beng Bengs
Left
No Kandui
Left
Pinnacles
Right
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Bank Vaults Surf Spot

Indonesia,  West Sumatra,  Mentawais,  Northern Mentawai Islands
  • What's it like?
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  • Popular questions

Located in the Northern Mentawai Islands, Indonesia, Bank Vaults is an excellent but scary reef break that offers up a heaving right-hand barrel. The waves here are dangerous and break for up to 150 meters over a shallow reef bottom. Clean up sets come out of nowhere and the lineup itself is pretty shifty. This reef is a swell magnet so is rarely flat. It gets better with size, but should really only be tackled by very experienced surfers after the head high mark.

What are the best surf conditions for Bank Vaults?

Gets good between chest high and triple overhead. We recommend riding a shortboard or a step-up as the size picks up. This break is suitable for advanced surfers only. The surf here is pretty consistent (6/10) and will be uncrowded usually (4/10). The best winds are from the North. The best swells are from the Southwest. Works on all tides.

We recommend wearing boardshorts or a bikini year-round. Water temperatures rise to 29 degrees in the summer and drop to 25 only in the winter. See the temperature chart below for more data on this.

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150M LONG WAVE
Reef break OVER Coral BOTTOM

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Seasonal surf conditions at Bank Vaults

The chart below shows seasonal surf data over a 12 month period. Consistency of swells are only recorded for a swell with a period of more than 7 seconds. This data is for the region and not necessarily specific to Bank Vaults. It also shows the peak, shoulder and off peak seasons for surfing at Bank Vaults. Check today's Bank Vaults surf report for current conditions.

Air and sea temperature for surfing at Bank Vaults

The air and sea temperatures at Bank Vaults surf spot are listed below on average over a 12 month period. See our recommendations on what to wear.

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There are 9 other surf spots near Bank Vaults. Discover them below:

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Ebay

8
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Rifles

8
Right | Exp Surfers
200m long
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4.6KM

Beng Bengs

7
Left | Exp Surfers
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Burger World

7
Right | Exp Surfers
200m long
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1.4KM

Nipussi

7
Right | Exp Surfers
100m long
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229.2KM

Pinnacles

7
Right | Exp Surfers
50m long
Surf forecast
9.9KM

4 Bobs

6
Right | Exp Surfers
200m long
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