Tamarin Bay from above - video
Come float above the 'forgotten island of Santosha' and admire the dreamlike lefts at Tamarin Bay.
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Comments
Just beautiful, so nice to see a clip that's not about pro surfing or big wave madness. Imagine being there 20 years ago
Lived at Tamarin 45 years ago ... nothing there then but a quiet village and perfect waves with very few surfers. No French surfers back then, except for Joel De Rosnay when he visited and he was easy going. Stories I've heard about the "White Shorts" being heavy duty would spoil the place. It was 4-6ft most of time and quite a few days 6-8.
Santosha,beautiful setup
Not a bad view from above but it still does not do it justice. When its 8-10' it can match most quality waves around the world. Yep this is a great spot. With Reunion, there is a lot of good quality surf here.
Not often Tamarin would get to 8' though. Very protected.
Yeah, maybe. There for a while, many years back. Had it 8-10' at least twice. I remember keeping an eye out for the anti-cyclones (high pressures). Crowd was not an issue - in fac the opposite. Da Dunne was the man - local.
Yep he's the man, my uncle
I lived there for 3 months in 1987. It got perfect but never huge. "Ruler edge" is an apt name for that wave. Some quality reef pass surf on the island too.
it is a beautiful spot, love to surf it
whats up with the video being blocked because of copy right?
Shouldn't be blocked. Just refreshed and watched it again and it was fine.
daninabarrel a crew from Newcastle lived there in 74/75 for 6 months before moving onto Cape St Francis /Seal Point for 12 months then going back to Tamarin Bay. One guy Norm married a local and stayed for years. Those were the days of long surf trips not the quick in and out for 2 weeks.
Used to be a guy called Mac who I knew because he was a regular visitor to cactus, married a Creole girl from Mauritius. Can't remember where he was from.
The wedding photos were a crack-up, one white face amongst dozens of black ones.
Could have stopped there for 2 weeks on the way to Sth.Africa in the days when every flight stopped there to refuel and let passengers on and off. We didn't know and sat on the plane until it took off again. Perth to Joberg doesn't stop there any more.
FYI he's still going strong, turning 70 next year and still surfing most days, I'm his son, learned to surf at tamarin and go back every year, the white shorts are still fucked and regularly scream traveling surfers out of the water, if you want to surf out there, befriend the real locals, the creoles
I arrived at Tamarin and the next day was walking to the surf and the local creole guys called me over to let me know Bob Marley had died ... well that was that - I'm not sure I've ever been with a more generous group of guys, and it's fair to say their lung capacity was astonishing. I passed out relatively early, and missed the surf entirely that day. It took a steely will not to get completely wasted on the way to the surf every day :)
I arrived at Tamarin and the next day was walking to the surf and the local creole guys called me over to let me know Bob Marley had died ... well that was that - I'm not sure I've ever been with a more generous group of guys, and it's fair to say their lung capacity was astonishing. I passed out relatively early, and missed the surf entirely that day. It took a steely will not to get completely wasted on the way to the surf every day :)
looks like the crowd has gotten out of hand .
I imagine most times its breaking its pretty playful and hence packed out?
and for the love of God can 2016 be the year of Peak Drone.
From the footage, it looked like a pretty uncompetitive crowd to me FR. If that's a bad day, I don't see it being that much of a problem to get waves....yet.
Were there any drones out at the point yesterday? I haven't experienced it there yet.
white shorts?
Yes Mauritius is a beautiful place ,(and Reunion) and great waves ,had Tamarin at solid 6ft plus ,however the so called "white shorts"well some of them were the worst pricks I've ever encountered in all the years I've surfed.anywhere in the world ,without a doubt.That was in 2005.
Off topic , but like to mention that Sally Fitzgibbons was out at my home break today and ripping ,very impressive ,style still a bit iffy but she was on fire !
I was there in 2001 /2003 i loved the place 1st time stayed with mr sumboo on the cross roads next time with iswah right near the drain pipe had a good enough vibe scored good waves both trips being on a lid I kinder snuck under the radar with the white shorts (for a short time) I had a ball while it lasted these guys would have to be some of the biggest dickheads I've surfed with it was laughable all of em White francos , they are born uptight its part of who they are and they surf like shit especially that blond haired muscley cunt he's the biggest dickhead, the local creole,s showed me nothing but big smiles and good times , fuck I love that wave ,
hahaha, all locals are super happy & chilled now seeing the spot again in www with this brilliant video....