Mentawai Islands, One of Excellent Surfing Destination

Mentawai Island is one of the most fascinating and thrilling island in south sea. The island is the favorite destination for the people who love surfing. The perfect waves, warm water and the incredible atmosphere make this place the paradise of surfers. People from all over the world do not mind to come to this part of main Sumatra Island.

Mentawai island is surrounded by the corral reefs. Deep-water flows up onto these coral reefs that protect the continental shelf. Siberut, Sipura, North Pagai (Pagai Utara) and South Pagai (Pagai Selatan) are the four main islands, which make up the chain of Mentawai Islands. Siberut Island (4030 km²) is the largest island among these four Mentawai Islands. The position of these islands makes them an outstanding location for surfing.

Mentawai Islands contain one of the most enthralling and best-preserved indigenous cultures of the world, but, due to the unrestricted tidal wave of Indonesia’s modernization this culture is dangerously close to being extinguished.

Mentawai Islands rain forest accommodates numerous endemic species, including four endemic primates, such as Mentawai leaf-monkey (Presbytis potenziani), Mentawai Macaque (Macaca pagensis), snub-nosed monkey (Simias concolor), and Mentawai Kloss Gibbon (Hylobates klossii).

The Mentawai Islands is located in the Indian Ocean, about 150 km west of West Sumatra Province, Republic of Indonesia.