A surfer dropping into a turquoise wall on the reef at Ekas

The waves

Every spot in Ekas Bay, and what it wants from you.

Four named waves inside one bay, twenty-five minutes by boat from Awang harbour. They don't all work on the same tide, the same swell or the same level of surfer — which is exactly why the skipper picks the stop in the morning rather than the night before.

One bay, every level. The inside is where people stand up for the first time. The outside is where they come back three years later.

They don't share a calendar. The two Ekas breaks run on the season. Melody runs on the angle of the swell, which is a different thing entirely.

Ekas Inside

also called Inside Ekas

The forgiving one, and the reason a beginner and a seasoned surfer can share the same boat. It breaks as an A-frame over sand-covered reef well inside the bay, but the two sides are not equals: the left works more often and peels longer, while the right is faster and asks more of you.

Wave
A-frame — the left runs longer, the right is the technical one
Bottom
Sand-covered reef
Level
Beginner on the left, confident intermediate on the right
Tide
The right prefers low to mid, the left mid to high
Swell
South to south-south-west
Wind
Easterly, offshore in the morning

Take the right seriously. It comes fast and it can leave you stuck inside the impact zone, which is no place to learn.

Ekas Outside

also called Outside Ekas

Deep water, real power, and the wave people book the boat for. It breaks both ways but it is a left first and foremost — the right is there on the day, the left is why you came. On size it stands up off the reef and hollows out.

Wave
Left and right, but mainly a left
Bottom
Deep reef
Level
Confident intermediate to advanced
Tide
Mid to high, on the push
Swell
South-east, and anything from the south
Wind
Easterly, offshore in the morning

Sits exposed on the open side of the bay: what is chest-high inside can be well overhead out here.

Melody

also called the wave off Pantai Kura Kura

A local name you will not find in any surf guide. It breaks off Pantai Kura Kura — turtle beach — and it is mostly a right. When the swell is lined up and the wind behaves, it peels a long way. When the swell is big, so is Melody. The backdrop is the best of the day and nobody who has surfed it argues about that.

Wave
Right-hander, long when it lines up
Level
Intermediate and up when it has size
Swell
Needs the swell properly oriented
Wind
Fussy — it wants the wind with it as well as the swell

Not on the same rhythm as the two Ekas breaks. It comes and goes with the angle rather than with the calendar.

The Harbour

also called Awang

The wave at Awang itself, right where the boat is tied up. No crossing, no twenty-five minutes — you can see it from the harbour while the boards are being loaded.

Tides, swell and wind are what the spots want on a good day, not a promise. The skipper reads the water each morning and calls the stop from there — if you want to know what a particular week is shaping up to look like, ask.

Tell us your level. We'll tell you which spot.

Send us your dates and how many of you there are. We answer with the forecast, the spot and the price — usually within the hour.

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