I knw the NE trade wind are blowing...creating consistant mess. But both Mati and Lazuna are backed right up to the coast line by mountains, right..? Well do these mountains cool the air enough to create morning off shore winds?

Any one currently hanging out any where along the east coast of Mindanao id love to here from you!  I m worken here in Davao and i can see there is swell hitten all along the coast, there must be some sheltered spots!!!

Shmeck

theres sheltered spots on pretty much every coastline

nice photos by the wayhow long will you be staying in davao for?

Mati is my hometown bt i live n davao..i thought u're aports?also a lokal from dvo.We surf last wik in mati and the surf is good.Lots of empty waves.As of now the waves is still quite heavy sumtimes till march.

Kurduc,

We will have to meet up so!! I need a partner in crime to show me around Mati, palaces to stay, where the good  spots are etc...if you dont mind of course...

I m twitching to get in the water, i didnt score to big at sariago over xmas.  Maybe if the surf looks good i might try a plan a trip to Mati for 24-25th of this mth, interested?

Millie, im here for the next two years! Working on environmental stuff!

Later all!

that wud be great since the surf is stil up in mati.Then i hv 2 repair my board also so i cn prepare another wipe out. send me your mobile in my email so i can tx u.Where do u liv n davao?r u a hispanic or sumthing?

hi kurdec...

i saw the pics you took on your site of davao spots... they're great!!! hehehe.. i wish i could go there sometime...

cheers!

heya shmeck!Ill be going to Davao in a couple of months to stay with my Mum,maybe we could meet up or something??Im sure Kurdec (along with the other boys) will take good care of you tho! Just don't let them take you to the infamous Times Beach

hey milz...

i might go there sometime this may... maybe we can hook up together... what do you say?? you guys can show me where there's good waves that a newbie can surf... hehe.. i'm used to surfing closed-out waves in daet... but i'd wanna really try surfing long... non-close-out waves... i've seen kurdec's photos.. they're about shoulder high, right? they're good enough for me... well, if they're shoulder high or overhead, they'd still be good for me... hehehe...

i hope i can go there...

Millie,

i have found the infamous times beach myself and i am aware of the water quality there, pity, it would be nice for swimming its only five minutes from my house. Do let us know when your about, we'll scoure d coast...

Kurduc, didnt make it anywhere last weekend, looks like theres a bit of swell over on the east today, but looks like backing off for the weekend, dagghaaaa

maybe the following weekend, first one in feburary, ill give ya me mobile via your email...oh and im Irish, what made ya think hispanic?

later

shmeck

...fading away coz of lack of waves...

schmeck,

  ok jus email me soon..schmeck sounds lyk a hispanic hehe jus a conjecture. times beach has a good waves evry june-august..bt we cn choose digos though.

millz,

   i hv a new pik wit ritche in mati,jus browze my URL.And oh hv u told the urge re: your private email addy posted on the magz.hik3x...

Looks like there might be some swell on the weekend (thats this weekend coming 6-7th!) for Mati, so i might try go over for at least firday night, get a dwan surf another before lunch and then back to davao for night fall, interested?

wheres good to stay over in mati? im looking for somewhere cheap and cheerful, no luxygries required any suggesions?? access to waves most important factor!! you can get around there without private transport, right? there bikes or tricycles that will take you to the beach?

oh and where are the waves there? from the map i can see... well theres a big beach for a start...and after that

shmeck,

yeh it is a pity that the waters pretty poor there!There's a little spot at SASA on the other side of the river mouth that is a little cleaner and some oh so tiny waves break there.On low tide you can walk across the sandbar to the other side,or just cross the main bridge and weave thru some of the locals houses there,they don't mind Its a little murky near the shore,but about 50metres out it's clear...good for swimming

Ill be in Davao on the 25th of March.There's some guys at the HABAGAT in SM MALL who surf too,they usually surf a little up north.Pop in there and ask them,Im sure theyd be happy to at least help you out or let you surf with them Im not sure of any places to stay at Mati,last time we were there we just camped on the beach.

Kurdec,

haha,I saw the pik of Ritch and his gut!Where is he now??is he back in Cebu?