Surf Resorts & Camps in Mentawai: 17 Compared (2026)
Compare 17 surf resorts and camps in Mentawai, Indonesia: 7 publish a per-person price, per night or per trip; rated 4.8/5, 4-6ft swell. Ratings, surf conditions and season side by side.
Meals included at 15 of the 15 camps that state it (15 full board). Yoga offered at 7 camps. Video analysis of your surfing at 4 camps. As stated on each camp’s own website.
When to go: waves by month
How often each surf town here has waves for each level, month by month, 1995–2025. First lessons happen in the whitewater near the shore, so they are said in words; the other levels are named by what you can do and the size of the wave on the body. What’s my level? · How we calculate this
Mentawai (Playgrounds) · 13 camps
First lessons (whitewater near the shore): Almost every day, all year.
| % of days | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First lessons | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 97% | 96% | 96% | 98% | 99% | 100% | 99% |
| Too small | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Too big | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Beginner (green waves) | 69% | 69% | 59% | 47% | 29% | 20% | 20% | 26% | 32% | 47% | 58% | 65% |
| Intermediate | 77% | 78% | 87% | 93% | 92% | 92% | 88% | 88% | 91% | 91% | 84% | 79% |
| Advanced | 35% | 36% | 46% | 64% | 81% | 91% | 95% | 92% | 87% | 70% | 51% | 40% |
Beginner (green waves) (knee to chest high): most days in Nov–Mar · Intermediate (chest high to just overhead): most days, all year · Advanced (head high and up): most days in Apr–Nov
Model estimate: no suitable buoy within 50 km to check it against.
The Shadow Mentawai says: "if you want to make sure you will surf every day we recommend you to come from January until June as the swells are not really big yet and there are more options (for beginners or people who never try it before)" - our figures agree. (camp’s page)
Mentawai (Katiet, Sipora) · 3 camps
First lessons (whitewater near the shore): No learner data: no beach or learner reef on our spot list for this town.
| % of days | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First lessons | no data | |||||||||||
| Beginner (green waves) | no data | |||||||||||
| Intermediate | 39% | 40% | 47% | 64% | 75% | 83% | 83% | 81% | 80% | 67% | 50% | 41% |
| Advanced | 8% | 7% | 11% | 20% | 39% | 56% | 62% | 59% | 55% | 29% | 14% | 12% |
Beginner (green waves) (knee to chest high): no data · Intermediate (chest high to just overhead): most days in Apr–Nov · Advanced (head high and up): most days in Jun–Sep
Model estimate: no suitable buoy within 50 km to check it against.
Mentawai (North Pagai) · 1 camp
First lessons (whitewater near the shore): No learner data: no beach or learner reef on our spot list for this town.
| % of days | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First lessons | no data | |||||||||||
| Beginner (green waves) | no data | |||||||||||
| Intermediate | 76% | 77% | 84% | 81% | 67% | 53% | 47% | 48% | 53% | 71% | 77% | 74% |
| Advanced | 42% | 42% | 51% | 67% | 84% | 92% | 95% | 92% | 89% | 71% | 53% | 45% |
Beginner (green waves) (knee to chest high): no data · Intermediate (chest high to just overhead): most days in Sep–Jun · Advanced (head high and up): most days in Mar–Nov
Model estimate: no suitable buoy within 50 km to check it against.
Days that miss first lessons are too small when every learner spot is under 0.5 m, and too big when none is in the 0.5–2 m band and one is above it. The other levels are read on the face of the wave at its peak: beginner on green waves 0.6–1.2 m, intermediate 1.2–2 m, advanced 1.5 m and up.
Published prices in Mentawai
7 of the 17 camps publish a per-person price: 5 per night, 2 per trip. None publishes a week with surf lessons included, so there is no surf week to compare: each figure is shown as the operator writes it and is never multiplied into a week.
per night
- HT's Mentawai Surf Resort · from $150 per night (shared room)
- Solid Surf House Mentawai · from €145 per night (shared room · full board · daily surf lessons · board and wetsuit)
- The Shadow Mentawai · from $195 per night (full board · surf guiding, no lessons · airport transfer)
- VAYA Mentawai · from €185 per night (private room · full board · surf guiding, no lessons)
- Driftwood Mentawai · from €196 per night (full board · surf guiding, no lessons)
per trip
- Mentawai Surf Camp · from A$4,378 per trip (12 nights · full board · surf guiding, no lessons · airport transfer)
- WavePark Mentawai · from $3,950 per trip (9 nights · full board · surf guiding, no lessons · airport transfer)
Figures from each camp’s own site, with the date on its page. Room, season and what is included differ, so compare the package, not only the price.
Mentawai (Playgrounds) · 13 camps
1. Solid Surf House Mentawai
★ 4.9/5 (127 reviews) · from €145 per night
Solid Surf House's beachfront villa in Tuapejat, North Sipora, in the Mentawais, with a pool, an ice bath and air-conditioned rooms with private bathrooms. Its package includes all meals, boat sessions to nearby breaks such as Tikus and Telescopes, a surf course for beginners, guiding for intermediate and advanced surfers, video analysis, theory and daily yoga.
2. The Shadow Mentawai
★ 4.9/5 (86 reviews) · from $195 per night
A surf camp on Buasak, a small private island in the Mentawais, run by local surfers since 2012, with air-conditioned traditional bungalows, a pool and a yoga space. Stays include three meals, speedboat trips twice a day with local guides, morning yoga when available and transfers from Padang; a sand wave in front of the camp is used to teach beginners and children.
3. Driftwood Mentawai
★ 4.8/5 (103 reviews) · from €196 per night
A small resort on the point at E-Bay on Nyang Nyang (Masokut) Island, in the Mentawais' Playgrounds area, with a right and a left breaking out front and air-conditioned treehouse rooms, bungalows and a family villa. Fixed trips of ten to eleven nights include meals, boat trips with a local surf guide and transfers from Siberut; it says peak season is not for beginners.
4. Aleikoat Surfcamp Mentawai
★ 5/5 (39 reviews)
A small, locally owned surf camp on Libbut, a tiny island in the northern Mentawais off Siberut, minutes by boat from Beng Bengs and Hideaways, with a double bungalow and a dorm bungalow in the traditional uma style, both fan-cooled with their own bathroom. Stays of seven days or more include three meals, two boat trips a day and pick-up at Siberut harbour.
5. WavePark Mentawai
★ 4.9/5 (48 reviews) · from $3,950 per trip
A resort on its own private island in the Mentawais, with the Hideaways wave out front, beachfront bungalows, an infinity-edge pool and a bayside restaurant, taking families as well as surfers. All-inclusive trips on set dates cover airport and hotel transfers in Padang, the private speedboat crossing, three meals a day and guided speedboats all day to breaks suited to every level.
6. Kandui Villas
★ 4.8/5 (68 reviews)
A family-friendly surf resort in the Playgrounds area of the Mentawais, founded in 2007 by the original founders of Kandui Resort, with villas, a pool, a children's pool, a gym and a nanny service. All-inclusive packages on set dates include unlimited boat access to nearby breaks; beginners can take lessons on gentler waves near the resort, and yoga is extra.
7. VAYA Mentawai
★ 4.9/5 (41 reviews) · from €185 per night
A small beachfront surf camp on Masokut Island in the Mentawais' Playgrounds area, facing E-Bay, with air-conditioned private bungalows with ocean-view terraces and an infinity pool. The all-inclusive package covers three chef-cooked meals, two guided boat trips a day and boat transfers from Siberut; the ferry from Padang and the Mentawai surf tax are extra.
8. Sabbit Mentawai Surf Camp
★ 4.7/5 (104 reviews)
A locally owned surf camp on Nyang Nyang Island in the Mentawais, on the beach within paddling distance of E-Bay and close to Pitstops, sleeping guests in a traditional uma with fan-cooled rooms. The full package includes three meals a day of Indonesian and Spanish food, two daily speedboat departures with a surf guide and boat transfers from Siberut.
9. M.I.A. Surfcamp Mentawai
★ 4.8/5 (39 reviews)
A small beachfront camp on Nyang Nyang Island in the Mentawais, in front of Nipussi and Bank Vaults, for intermediate to advanced surfers. Trips on set dates include shared traditional bungalows with air conditioning at night, meals, van transfers between the airport and the ferry, and daily speedboat trips with guides to breaks in the area.
10. Bagus Surf Camp Mentawai
★ 5/5 (13 reviews)
A locally owned surf camp on the beach on Nyang Nyang (Masokut) Island in the Mentawais, directly in front of E-Bay, with basic fan-cooled bungalows and a shared room in the main house. Stays of at least seven days include three meals a day, daily boat trips with local guides to the Playgrounds breaks and speedboat transfers from Siberut port.
11. Alaia Mentawai
★ 5/5 (13 reviews)
A small boutique surf resort in the Mentawai Islands with beachfront villas and loft rooms, built for intermediate to advanced surfers in small groups; it offers no lessons or beginner programmes. Stays include airport pick-up in Padang, the private speedboat crossing, meals and unlimited use of its surf boats, with a guide on board, to the breaks nearby.
12. Mentawai Surf Camp
★ 4.6/5 (101 reviews) · from A$4,378 per trip
A family-run surf camp in PeiPei, South Siberut, in the Mentawai Islands, with air-conditioned beachfront rooms and a small bunkhouse. Rates include all meals, transfers from Padang, daily guided trips in its own boats to breaks such as Rifles and 4 Bobs with no more than five surfers per boat, and 4K video analysis; coaching is extra unless you book a private room alone.
13. Mentawai Surf Retreat
★ 4.6/5 (53 reviews)
A boutique surf resort in the northern Mentawais with three hillside bungalows overlooking the Pitstops wave and a beachfront restaurant and bar. Trips of three to twelve days on set dates include transfers from Padang airport to the harbour, three meals a day and unlimited boat transfers with surf guides to the breaks nearby; the speedboat crossing is extra, and it also runs all-women retreats.
Mentawai (Katiet, Sipora) · 3 camps
14. Kingfisher Mentawai Resort
★ 4.9/5 (110 reviews)
A small resort on the southern tip of Sipora in the Mentawais, directly in front of Lance's Left, with traditional Mentawai-style beachfront bungalows and a suite with a plunge pool. The nightly rate includes air-conditioned rooms, three meals a day, surf guides and unlimited use of its speedboats to local waves; transfers from Padang are an optional package.
15. Aloita Resort
★ 4.6/5 (206 reviews)
The only resort on Simakakang, a small island off Tuapejat on Sipora in the Mentawais, with beachfront villas, a yoga shala and a home break near the jetty, for couples and families as well as surfers. The nightly rate includes all meals and morning yoga; a surf pass adds two guided boat sessions a day, and lessons and coaching are extra.
16. HT's Mentawai Surf Resort
★ 4.6/5 (157 reviews) · from $150 per night
A boutique beachfront resort in Katiet, on Sipora in the Mentawais, right in front of HT's (Lance's Right), for surfers, couples and families, with air-conditioned twin-share and ensuite rooms, a dip pool, gym and ice bath. Stays include breakfast or full board and surf guiding; group or private lessons for beginners and intermediates on gentler nearby waves are offered.
Mentawai (North Pagai) · 1 camp
17. Macaronis Resort
★ 4.7/5 (210 reviews)
A resort on a lagoon by Silabu village in the Mentawais, facing the Macaronis wave, with air-conditioned ensuite rooms, family suites and a lagoon-style pool. The surfer package includes all meals and boat transfers to Macaronis and other local breaks; beginners pay a lower rate and can take lessons, and intermediate coaching clinics and an all-women clinic run on set weeks.
Common questions
How many surf camps are there in Mentawai?
findsurfcamp.com compares 17 surf camps in Mentawai: Mentawai (Playgrounds) (13), Mentawai (Katiet, Sipora) (3), Mentawai (North Pagai) (1).
What do the surf resorts and camps in Mentawai cost?
7 of the 17 camps publish a per-person price: 5 per night, 2 per trip. None publishes a week with surf lessons included, so there is no surf week to compare: each figure is shown as the operator writes it and is never multiplied into a week. Per night: from $150 at HT's Mentawai Surf Resort to €196 at Driftwood Mentawai. Per trip: A$4,378 (Mentawai Surf Camp), $3,950 (WavePark Mentawai). Prices read on each camp's own site in October 2026.
When are there waves for first lessons in Mentawai?
Mentawai (Playgrounds): Almost every day, all year. Estimated at the beaches from 1995-2025 swell data.
How warm is the water in Mentawai?
In Mentawai (Playgrounds) the sea ranges from 29°C (84°F) in Nov to 30°C (86°F) in May: monthly medians of the sea surface temperature, 2015-2025.