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Wings air have just announced, they will be adding a second flight from Kupang to Rote Island , starting from 20.8.2017
If your surfboards aren’t over size it just got easier to get on and off the island.

Early morning surf check showed a marginal drop in wave height.
T-Land is still head to head and a half with the tide on the drop.
Wind is gentle and out of the east.
The direction of the swell has swung more to the south, with the best rides coming off the top of the point.
Average length of rides this morning 200 meters.
All up it’s just another beautiful day here in Nemberala.
Water temp 28 and air temp 29 degrees.

A new swell has filled in over night.
With the tide still dropping this morning, T-Land is solid 6 ft.
With the low tide this morning around 8am , we should see an increase in wave heights around 2.5 times head high at the mountain as the tide again fills in.
Winds are perfect, blowing se trade at 10-12 knots.
Being peak season here in Nemberala, there are quite a few Europeans here enjoying their summer holidays.
Also a lot of Aussies escaping the winter in oz.
The forecast again is looking good for the next week , with waves guaranteed everyday.
I know I’ve said this in prior blogs , this season has been very consistent.

As forecasted a solid south ground swell , is slamming onto the reefs around the Island today.
T-Land has consistent 6-8 sets running down the entire reef, with the odd triple over head bomb sets.
The Pyramid section is picking up most of the swell, due to the amount of south in the swell.
The wind is perfect south east trade around 15km/h.
This swell should hang in there at least until tomorrow afternoon.
The forecast for next week is swell easing to around 3-5ft before jumping up again towards the end of the week.
2017 has been an incredible year of consistent surf here on Rote and it doesn’t look like slowing down.
If you have some free time up your sleeve this month, do yourself a favour and take advantage of our August promo and book yourself a surf trip to Villa Santai.

Today we were greeted with one of the biggest swell to hit this part of Indo in 2017.
T-LAND steaming in at 8-10 foot with a 17 second period wsw swell.
This swell angle opened the door to surf some other places.
Here’s a few shots of where villa Santai’ guests surfed today.
Just the five of us out.
Perfect barrel after perfect barrel.

After yesterday’s swell push, this morning we were greeted with perfect conditions.
The wind was none existent and consistent 4-5 foot waves at Boa , Sukinamon and T-land being the pick of the three.
Inside mountain was super long and barrels almost every wave.
Numbers in the water didn’t get over 25 over the entire lineup, which gave everyone their fair share of rides.
I personally surfed for two hours and bagged 15 great waves.
The arvo session should be equally as good once the tide drops out.
Water temp is a pleasant 27degrees and the ambient temperature is a balmy 28 degrees.
Just another beautiful day on Rote Island.

Today we see the arrival of a new ground swell.
As the morning tide filled in, so came the start of a new swell.
The weekend forecast is looking very promising and tomorrow morning wave heights at T-Land and Boa should be well over head.
Later in the coming week a large long period ground swell is looking to arrive here in the 6-10 foot range.and hang in for many days.
This will most definitely open the door to surf multiple surf spots here on Rote Island and the islands nearby.

Nemberala experienced a nice surprise last night, with a solid down pour of rain, this is not a common occurrence for this part of Indo in July.
On the waves front this morning guests have woken up with a smile on their faces, with perfect light offshore winds and a reasonable jump in swell size.
T-Land has consistent 3-4 ft waves realling down the reef from outside point through to inside pyramid a ride of about 150 meters.
With guest numbers quite light throughout all the accommodation setups here, the ones that are here are in for a great day of uncrowned waves.
Let’s hope the swell hangs in until the end of the weekend at least.

The start to July has been welcomed here in Nemberala.
Swell has increased a little over night, with some over head sets peeling down T-Land reef although a bit inconsistent.
Water temp is hovering around 26 degrees and daytime temp is a constant 28degrees.
Another perfect day on Rote Island.

Well what a month June has been so far.
Swell pumping non stop, with great surf everyday.
We’ve had great response and bookings for our June promo.
We still have room for two twin shares for the last week of June available.
With the swell height looking like it’s going to hang in there around the head to over head range until the end of the month.
It’s a great time to pick up a bargain priced stay at a villa Santai.