LAKEY PEAK  – SUMBAWA ISLAND
User Rating  3/5 : three star
Type   : reef
Reliability  : very consistent
Best Swell : SW, Offshore Wind : ESE
Duration: BY REQUEST
Grade: CHALLENGE

Lakey Peak, is one of the most famous surfing spot in Indonesia and is close to the city of Hu Hu. The beach is white and the water is of an incredible turquoise color with nice sand and few corals.

The windy season start after Bali, from the end of July until middle the of November with wind in the order of 13-25 knots. The lagoon  is about 500 meters wide with flat water and big waves on the reef, there are 2 big channels about 200 meters wide to get out of the lagoon, the wind is side shore on the beach. In low tide you can't ride inside this lagoon as it goes dry but can easily move to Nungas, the next bay, just 800 meters away where there is always deep water.

Since there is no more ferry the best way to get there is by plane using the 5 time a week Merpati flight, 1 hour flight trip using a propeller plane that can carry about 40 passenger. Some problems for the equipment, specially for big surfboards. It's better to separate your boards from the kites so that your baggage doesn't look too bulky.

THE REEF BREAKS

The Peak, is an intense hollow right and left peak, wind is slightly more on shore, funny to ride the waves up wind and great to boost of the wave. Here the swell is the most consistent, never smaller then 2 meters and as big then 5 meters. Don't ride here if too many surfer.

The Pipe, is on the left of the peak and is very good for riding lefthander waves, the wind is side shore that turns slightly off as the waves wrap around the point, the waves are very fast and hollow with a double section that tube. It's quite safe here as if you drop the kite it will go down in the deep water channel and you have time for relaunch.

Nungas, is on the right side of the peak, a smaller waves but very long, as the current here is quite strong usually there are no surfers. It's the easiest of the 3 break and also the safer as is located at the beginning of a new bay about 2 kilometers long with deep and flat water.

Jalla, 30 minutes away there is another bay where the wind get much stronger, the waves are maximum 30-50 cm and the water is quite flat.