Before Your Journey :

Bateaux et accès : 

Kandui et Baby Kandui sont en face de Kanduis Beach Villas, il y a une vingtaine d’autres spots à 30 minutes de bateau. Pour vous amener surfer, nous nous sommes équipés de nombreux bateaux : deux canaux en plastiques de 5mètres, un speed boat de 5.2mètres , et quatres bateaux de 15 mètres de long pour accéder aux spots plus éloignés : Hideaways, Nipussi, Burgerworld et E-Bay. 

                                                            Kandui Island Waves' : 

 Kandui Left AKA Nokanduis : 

Kandui Left = a startlingly fast, hollow perfect wave, known as the best left in the world, by any person and any top pro surfers who have surfed it on a good day. One of those rare things in the surfing world that lives up to the hype, and then some. Unless you grew up with Pipeline, Teahupoo, Grajagan, Cloudbreak or a NASCAR track in your front yard, few waves in the world are preparation for the length, depth and intensity of Kandui Left. Surfers from around the world come back to Kandui to figure it out and get it wired, and once they have caught one good wave there, they are hooked for life, and keep coming back to add minutes and hours of tube time to their life inventory.

Kandui Right AKA Rifles : 

Just ask 10-time world champion Kelly Slater or anyone else who has charged it and you’ll understand it lives up to Jordan Heuer’s description: “Kandui Right (AKA Rifles) is the best right hander in the entire world. It can be up to 800+ yards long, with freight train tube after freight train tube from start to finish. Better than J-Bay, better than Sanur, or any other famous right handers in the world, and I have heard several top pros all say the same thing". Rifles is only six minutes from Kandui Villas.

Baby Kandui : 

When Kandui Left is giant and only mad dogs and Englishmen are game to charge it at 12-foot plus, other mortals take the five-minute paddle down the beach to Baby Kandui, or paddle off the beach directly in front of the beach jetty in front of Kandui Villas. When the swell is giant, Baby Kandui is a 300 yard long, tubing left hander, with 3-4 tube sections on each wave.  When Baby Kandui is small and high tide, it is an easy, long, left that is ideal for hot dogging, or long boarding.

Malibu Right :

Only five minutes from Kandui Villas, this is a short but sometimes fun, easy right breaking on a small, one-palm tree sand island.

Playgrounds Left and Right AKA Karambat Left, Bikinis or G-strings : 

Around the northern tip of the island and on the northeast side, but only five minutes by dinghy from Kandui Villas. This wave is predominantly a long easy left, but also has a right hander off of it when it gets a bit bigger. A good tune-up for surfers who don’t want to immediately fling themselves into the maw of Kandui. The view of all the surrounding islands from Karambat will knock the jet lag out of you and leave no doubt you’re not in Kansas anymore.

4 Bob : 

Located directly in front of the Kandui Resort on the east side of the island, 4 Bobs is a fun, hot-dog right-hander that is many steps down in intensity from Kandui/Kanduis/Nokandui, but is still better than 99% of the waves wherever you came from. Surfers who haven’t managed a turn while racing the barrels elsewhere come to 4 Bobs to throw spray and get airs

A Frames : 

A popular, consistent left breaking off a small island on the east side of the main island, and is only 5 minutes from Kandui Villas.  A Frames can be high performance heaven for goofyfoots, but will also throw up a barrel to remind surfers why they came all that way.

                                                            Niang Niang Island waves' :  

Niang Niang Island is northwest of Kandui and is home to a half-dozen beaks.

E-bay :

Twenty minutes from Kandui Villas, E-Bay is a fickle left reef that fires when the swell is out of the west. E-Bay starts to grind when it’s overhead and goes to double overhead plus and is a fairly typical, perfect, hollow grinding Mentawai left barrel.

BankVaults : 

About 15 minutes by boat from Kandui Villas, Bank Vaults is the 2nd best right hander in the Mentawai after Rifles, often compared to a cross between Backdoor Pipeline and Sunset Beach, but better, and with much easier drops. At any size, Bank Vaults offers amazing tube rides, but when it’s big, this spot has the biggest right hand tubes in the Mentawai Islands.

Nipussi : 

A right reef about 15 minutes by fast longboat from Kandui Villas. If you’re tired of going Mach One through barrels frontside or backside, Nipussi is the place to go for hitting the lip, launching your bag of tricks and big carves. In other words: A performance wave that actually lets you out of the barrel from time to time. Nipussi is one of the more consistent, reliable waves in the Playgrounds inventory.

PitStops :

Twenty minutes from Kandui, Pit Stops is kind of like sushi, or other acquired tastes: Some people swear by it, others swear at it. Pit Stops is a right reef and a favorite wave for surfers who want to work on their aerials, tailslides and other tricks. In other words: A hotdog wave that will still barrel, although a lot of surfers prefer to float over the barrel than ride in them on this wave.

BengBeng :

If you want to come to the Mentawai and enjoy the view and surf without worrying about getting caught inside or trapped inside the barrel, Beng Beng is one of  the spots. Anywhere else in the world, Beng Beng would cause riots but this left reef – which is better on lower tides – is one of the easier nearby waves when the easy waves in the Kandui area are not working – and Beng Beng is a good tune-up for the more Black Diamond waves available. Beng Beng is 25 minutes from Kandui.

                                                            Mainuk Island Waves' :

Directly to the north of Kandui is the island of Mainuk, which is home to another left reef called Hideaways. 

Hideaways : 

Hideaways got it's name, because it is on the west side of a small island somewhat shadowed by Nyang Nyang and Karangmajat. Hideaways is a left reef that everyone knows about and keeps a weather eye on, for that proper combination of swell angle and wind. When it is small it can be fun, and playful, but when it gets big, it approaches the Teahupoo and Pipeline class for challenge and perfect gnarliness. Hideaways is 10 minutes from Kandui.

                                                           Karangniki Island Waves' : 

Burgerworld : 

Even farther to the northwest, the island of Karangniki is close to Siberut and is home to Burgerworld: As the name implies, Burger World is not the fastest or most powerful wave in the Playgrounds inventory, but it’s one of the more consistent waves in the area, and a place surfers flock to on those rare occasions when there is no swell. When it is in the shoulder-high-to-a-couple-feet-over-head range, Burgerworld is a long rippable right hand point break with some tube sections, and has been compared to a section of small J-Bay by some of the top touring pros.

 
Other Activities :

Besides our luxury Uma accommodations, Restaurant, Bar/Palapa, Game Room, and Spa facilities, Kandui Villas also boasts the fastest Internet connection in the Mentawai islands, with WiFi around the entire pool area, and Internet via cable in all of the umas. We have PCs available in the office, and besides that we recommend bringing your laptops.

We also have a host of other activities including surfing, beach volley ball, billiards, ping pong, boce ball, horse shoes, snorkeling, board games, satellite television for your favorite shows, news, and sports, as well as a large library of DVD movies.

The Bar and Palapa :

The Bar, and Palapa building is located right off the swimming pool deck, next to the Game Room. Our massive indoor-out door bar serves up your favorite cold beers, spirits, mixed drinks, as well as wine, and champagne. The out door Palapa, under the same roof as the Bar, is where you can lounge on  sofas, drinking your favorite beverages, and is also a nice place to hang out with friends, your significant other, or to mingle with other guests, while relaxing in the shade, right on the edge of the pool deck.

Bar photo

Swimming pool area 1

Swimming pool area 2

Swimming pool area 3

Swimming pool area 4

Swimming pool area 5

Gym 1

Gym 2

Gym 3

Yoga room 1

Yoga room 2

Restaurant exterior 1

Restaurant exterior 2

Bar exterior

Uma exterior

Game Room 1

Game room 2