Late December isn't a revered time of the year for the Mentawais - most crew book their trips through the midle of the year to coincide with the Southern Hemisphere winter. However, the Southern Indian Ocean is a bloody big basin that remains active all year 'round; we usually see a more easterly position of the storm track too, resulting in a more frequent southerly swell direction across the Indonesian archipelago. 

And here's the evidence - Greenbush (just around the corner from Macaronis) on fire a few days before Xmas. If you're looking for a last-minute off-season jaunt, we have just a handful of spots left on our Macaronis Surf Coaching Clinic, with Clayton and Shayne Nienaber. Read more here, or go to the info page here.