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Trip: Palau

Written by waterman_75

Saturday January 5 2008 05:17:36 PM

Date: from Jan 15, 2008 to Mar 3, 2008

Surf trip description:

Heading out to Koror Palau and hitting up Bill Ridpath for a couple of boat trips to Palaus western reefs. It is bigger in the fall on the east shore, but the west is ok this time of year. I will post pictures if I can get a photographer friend to join me.

So there I was surfing some of the fastest cleanest outer reef breaks that I have ever seen. For a place that is not on any surf map or guide book the surf in Palau is the best kept secret in the Pacific. There are outer reefs that take the power of the Philipean Sea or the Pacific Ocean from 100m walls to 2-3m deep on the reef resulting in solid lines and great barrels. I made three pilgrimages to the outer reefs during my working visit to Palau and was never disapointed by the shoulder high to double overhead waves. My only regret is that I only took my 9' 0" and not anything for biger surf. The local surf population consist of less than a dozen great people who are very willing to share there breaks with anyone who can share the respects, cold beer, and fresh shashimi.

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	Date	Surf spot	Session's Rate	Wind direction	Waves height	Author
Show	01-03-2008	West Passage		No wind	2m-2.5m / 6ft-8ft	waterman_75

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March 05, 2008, waterman_75 said:

So I spent an extra three days in Palau and picked up a third session! I traveled to Palau for work and only had one day a week off. The surf there required a good storm in Japan to truly go off. My first weekend there I caught a mushy waist high day that was actually the rare occurance. Once you get away from shore and hit the outer reef with the help of a boat you get a solid fast and heavy head high plus right. When the winds die down this wave cleans up so good that I wil say that it is hands down the best wave that I have ever riddin to date! I can not wait to get back to this break that has been the best kept secret of the Pacific.

June 08, 2008, great! Mike here! said:

i'll be moving to palau ... what was your work there? i'm from l.a. county redondo beach ... grew up surfin' and think this move to palau from outta' asia will be an ideal location to reacquaint myself with a longboard. cheers to you and for any tips ya' could hand out about getin' by in palau ... thnx a million
- Mike

June 17, 2008, aroanna said:

hi there! i'll be going to palau this july and i'll stay there for a month. what is the best surfing site that u can recommend for beginner in palau? hope to see you at the there.