Panaitan Island

The area
Panaitan's hills rise from pristine forest with wildlife comprised of deer, wild pigs, monkey, bulls, large monitor lizards, black leopard, python and a wide variety of bird life. This beautiful tropical island is the backdrop of one of the most incredible surf spots in the world. class="line"

Two choices of accomodation
We offer two choices of accomodation each of which have minimum impact on the beautiful national park:

  1. Stay on a boat
    We have an Indonesian style 'Okuma' boat that anchors right at the breaks and stays there. Jump out and surf!
  2. Stay on land (nearby island of Peucang)
    You are transported to the break (20 minutes) by a fast boat every day and you stay on land. No sea legs for you :)
  3. Stay on a boat ( Exclusive Boat AC )
    We have an Exclusive boat "Sola Garcia"boat that anchors right at the breaks and our zodiac will be transfer all of you to the break and jump out and surf.
  4. Stay on a boat ( Exclusive Boat AC )
    We have an Exclusive boat " Jaya Abadi " boat that anchors right at the break and our zodiac will transfer all of you to the breaks and jump out and surf.
    Your way there
    The Panaitan trip starts at Jakarta Airport. Our people will pick you up and take you to Carita Beach comfortably in a three hour drive.
    You will be transferred by comfortable coach to Tanjung Lesung Port in a 4,5 hour drive (if you choose the Wooden Boat package) or to Carita Port in 3 hours (if you choose the Fast Boat package).

    After that, you go by boat to Panaitan island leaving with you with approx 2,5 hours surfing time in the afternoon.
    Finally, you surf your brains out for the rest of your stay, enjoying the beautiful natural suroundings and good food.

Surf spots
One Palm Point : The wave that put Panaitan on the map. One of the world's longest (up to 800 yards), most perfect, most dangerous shallow left-hand barrels reels across a reef point. You need a sturdy board to get into the wave as early as possible, then set a rail and go for maximum speed. Mid tide seems best and the wave starts to work at just 3ft of south to southwest swell.
Napalams : Probably the most frequently surfed wave at Panaitan, and with good reason. The left-hand reef here delivers barrels with mechanical perfection, and they are more makeable than One Palm thanks to a defined channel. Take-offs are straight-forward, then a lined-up wall leads to a full-on barrel before tapering off into deep water. Higher tides are best if you want to avoid the shallow second section.
Inside Lefts / Pussy's : At the head of the inner bay are some very well lined up, fun long lefts. Generally a good warm-up spot for Panaitan proper, the lefts need a good south swell but work at any tide, although low is often best.
Inside Rights : Opposite the lefts, on the west side of the bay is a right-hand reef break that works on wet season west breezes and any swell direction. A solid south swell at low tide will get this alternative spot firing. Best at lower to mid tides, but varying with swell size.
Illusions : Right-hand reef break with approachable take-off and variable barrel and wall sections.
Apocalypse : Extremely square right-hand barrel; pull in or don't go at all :-)
And.. : A secret spot on the mainland of west Java...

Included in each price are:

Your way back:
In the morning you can surf for about 2 hours and then you leave in much the same way as you left except that you're surfed out and probably had a few insane barrels :)