Jul 16, 2021
Weekly Surfing Update (July 16, 2021): The Situation in Indonesia
The Situation in Indonesia The waves have been firing in Indonesia the past few days. Nias was 8-foot+ and all time, with virtually no one there, and hundreds of other waves in the world’s best surf zone have been firing too. And that’s just the warm-up. The main event is forecasted to hit late this month, with crazy numbers topping out at around 15 feet at 18 seconds—a potentially historic swell for the Indonesian archipelago. The problem, of course, is that Indonesia has been officially closed to tourism for the past year due to COVID-19. You might be wondering, then,...