Surfing Brunei, the facts

This is very much the day of days photos courtesy of Sean Dillion at Pantai Tungku near Jerudong

Season: November to March

Types of waves, beach break, a point and for the absolutely insane a couple of rivermouths. The quality of the waves usually surprise most people.

Most regularly surfed spots: Pantai Tungku (Jerudong) and Pantai Panaga (Serasa)

Crowd factor: Extremely low. Maybe 2 dozen Locals surf regularly and about a dozen Ex Pats. Traveling surfers are unheard of. Vibes are positive, long may they remain so.

Wind: Mornings are best, light on shores come up some mornings around 11ish but nothing too dramatic.

Best boards: a fish, mid lengths and longboards go best unless your small and light. The waves can at times be a little fat, or small...if you have a longboard, there are quite a few days when only you will be getting waves and that includes out of season.

Risks; Saltwater crocodiles are not too far from anyone´s minds (hence the rivermouth comment), the heat is fierce, sandflies can be a pain, and the whole set up is very raw. The beaches are hardly visited, some of them have paths cut into the jungle to find....there´s nowhere else quite like surfing Brunei. 

Surfing infastructure: There´s no surf shops in Brunei, you need to bring everything, not just boards but leashes, wax, boardshorts and a surf hat.

Days like this a very common from November to March, but the rest of the year is a millpond. It all relies on the monsoon season. Dan Stirling, long term expat resident riding his Puddle Jumper.

Local surfer Izzy, everybody sharing the stoke.