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Nihi Sumba Trip
The rock arch at Mbawana beach, Southwest Sumba

Sheet 18 · Cost

Surfing Sumba, with a stay at NIHI

The wave in front of NIHI is private to the resort and capped at a handful of surfers a day. Everything else on this coast is open water.

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In short

NIHI’s left is limited to resort guests and to a small number of surfers at a time — so a surfing trip built around it starts with the room, not the itinerary. The rest of the west coast needs no booking at all.

  • The private wave needs a resort night
  • Capped numbers, booked through the hotel
  • The rest of the coast is open
Main swell season
Apr–Oct
Who may surf the private left
Guests
Gateway airport
TMC
Worth the flights
5–7days

The shape

How a surf trip here is built

The resort decides the wave. We decide everything either side of it — which, on a surf trip, is mostly transport and timing.

  1. The arrival hotel at Tambolaka, Sumba 01

    Arrive Tambolaka

    TMC is the gateway. Board bags go in the car with you; we size the vehicle for them rather than discovering the problem at the airport.

    Tambolaka

  2. Sunset over the coast at Pero, Kodi 02

    The private left

    Booked through the resort as part of your stay, with numbers capped. We do not sell access to it and cannot get you on it without a room.

    The Kodi coast at sunset

  3. Ratenggaro village above the beach, Kodi 03

    The open coast

    Pero, Mbawana and the beaches either side. No permission needed, no cap, and no guarantee either — it is ocean.

    The Kodi shore

  4. The saltwater lagoon at Weekuri, Southwest Sumba 04

    The days between swells

    Flat spells happen. Weekuri, the villages and the ridge roads are what the car is for on those mornings.

    Weekuri, Kodi

We do not forecast swell and we do not promise waves. What we control is that you are on the right coast, with a car, on the right morning.

The private wave against the open coast

Access

NIHI’s left
Resort guests only
The open coast
Anyone, no booking

Numbers

NIHI’s left
Capped, small
The open coast
Whoever turns up

Booked through

NIHI’s left
The hotel, with your room
The open coast
Nobody

What we arrange

NIHI’s left
Everything except the wave
The open coast
Car, driver, timing and the boards

Access, session numbers and any surf charge at NIHI are set and confirmed by the resort. We pass the request on; we do not resell it.

How this one is priced

Two lines, and only one of them is ours.

  • The resort night

    Quoted by NIHI, confirmed by NIHI. It is the larger of the two lines and the one that gates the wave.

  • The land arrangements

    Car sized for boards, driver, transfers and the days you are not in the water. That is the part we quote.

  • How many of you

    Same rate card as any private trip: the per-person land cost falls as the group grows.

Full land rate table, dated and sourced: /nihi-sumba-trip-cost/

Questions

Ask the desk directly

Tell us your dates, how many are travelling and where you want to sleep. We come back with the nights, the route and a written quote.

Ask for a quote