Boat description

“TEATE“, one of the most beautiful boats in the Southern Atolls of the Maldives, provides the elegance of Italian design, and the reliability and high performance of German engines. She provides the highest possible level of comfort & safety.

Navigational systems include 2 GPS, radar, autopilot, and two echo sounders. For a quiet ride, the engine room and generators are fully sound insulated. The hull and machinery have been granted the "Maltese Cross 100 A5 motor yacht" rating by the Germanischer Lloyd surveying authority, attesting that TEATE is built to the most stringent of German safety standards and that all machinery has been thoroughly tested to match specifications. TEATE is protective of the environment. She is a boat equipped with a US coast guard certified sewage treatment plant.

The dining room seats 18 people and the fully equipped galley offers five star cuisine and service. Adjacent to the dining room, the bar offers a wide variety of alcoholic beverages, cold drinks and non stop snacks. There are designated smoking & non smoking areas for your comfort.

The saloon hosts a large area for games and entertainment where you will find a choice of board games, TV, DVD, video player, projector and sound system. You will also be able to send and receive emails (text only) via GMTS in most areas. TEATE also offers a computer with video editing software to produce your own surf movies.

Accommodation

Total comfort is catered to for 16 guests in 8 double cabins, sleeping two in each, with their own ensuite bathrooms; unlimited hot and cold water. They are exceptionally large measuring 3.75 x 2.75m on average with side by side berths rather than bunk beds. The air conditioning is controlled individually and ample storage is provided in cupboards and drawers.

Captain & Crew

As well as the pure luxury of the boat and the quality of waves, TEATE ‘s captain, 4 crew and experienced surf guide - with detailed knowledge of the area, will make your surf charter the trip of a lifetime.

Inclusions

• Return Laamu airport to boat transfers
• Luxury accommodation on the boat for the duration of your trip
• All tourist taxes
• All meals and snacks
• Coffee, tea and water
• Expert Surf guiding
• Use of Video Camcorder & projector
• Internet usage
• Surf transfers to breaks
• Jet ski for tow in or wake boarding - fuel not included

Delicious, healthy food day in and day out is guaranteed on the TEATE. Most meals are prepared by our experienced chef in a local style. The Maldivian cuisine is very tasty and often based on rice with fish and seasoned with curry sauces or hot spices. Every night the crew catches fresh fish just for you. Tuna together with barracuda, trevallies and groupers are common meals. But also vegetable rissoles, spicy rice, curried chicken or fish as well as slices of bread, or fruits fried in the coconut palm oil are served.
For vegetarians we will make special arrangements. Please let us know in advance of your trip.

Boat Specifications

Hull: Wood & epoxy.
LOA: 31 m.
BOA: 7.2 m.
Draft: 2.5 m.
Displ: 130 T.
Fuel: 16000 liters
Water: 5000 liters + 11,000/Day Production
Cruising Speed: 12 knots.
Navigation Equipment:
48 miles radar
2 x Echosounder
2 x GPS chartplotter
HF/SSB long range radio
2 x VHF
GSM phone
Autopilot
Range: 1200 nautical miles @ 10 knots
Classification: Germanischer Lloyd.
Engines: 2 x MTU 12V183TE92 - 2 x 1000 HP@2300 rpm
Gearboxes: ZF BW165 ratio 2.5:1
Gensets: Onan 45 kW , Onan 25 kW, Kohler 4 kW
Compressors: 2 x Bauer Mariner 190 liters/min each.
Watermaker: 2 x Sea Recovery 1500 AF giving 1500 gal/day each.
Air Conditioning: Frigomar Water Chillers 156000 BTU/h
Scuba Diving Set Up for up to 8

Jet Ski: Tiger Shark 120 HP/3 seater.
Tender: Delta 6.7 m with 2 x 85 HP Yamaha outsport.

Throughout your trip you can dive with the dive master or use the jetski for wakeboarding or tow ins.  Ask us for separate costs which may be incurred for diving.

Trip Choices

11 - 14 Days - GAAFU DHAALU Atoll

You are picked up on a Sunday morning at the local airport in the Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll after a spectacular 60 minute flight from Male.

Anchors are lifted immediately and you head off to one of the main 10-15 breaks or to some of the other less known spots. The Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll offers the greatest variety of all atolls and most diverse breaks. You will find everything from mellow long board waves to the hollowest barrels you can imagine. Depending on the wind direction the experienced surf guide will find spots for you that are working best at the time.  Most days you will surf up to 6 hours or even longer if you can handle it!

After 11 - 14 days of the best surf of your life, they will drop you off at the Gaafu Dhaalu airport and you will be flown back to Male.

Prices for all the above trip options on TEATE do not include internal or international flights, as flight prices are determined by point of departure, availability and exchange rates at time of booking.

Note: Excursions to Laamu or Addu are possible for extra charge

Surf breaks

The Southern Atolls of the Maldives offers world class surf with no crowds.  They are further away and harder to get to than the North & South Male Atolls, but if you’re mission is to find surf you don’t have to share – than Southern Atolls is your place. 

LAAMU

Spots are spread from the south facing coastline along the east facing up to the north east corner where waves wrap around. As a result you will find spots protected from all wind directions except a rare straight easterly breeze.
"Spot 01" Right
which needs large easterly swell but very well protected from southerly winds.
"Spot 02" Left+Righ
Left: Very fast and hollow, sometimes closing out, well protected from westerly to northerly winds.
Right: works only in large swells. Fun Wave, Longboarders and shortboarders will have a good time.
"Spot 03" Right
Fast and shallow take off section, barelling, spitting, perfect wave with a soft ending.
"Spot 04" Left
Fun clean wave playground. When big it’s a perfect lefthander.
"Spot 05" Right
First surfed by Callahans 1996 boat trip with Pat O'Connell and Satoshi Sekino, Yin Yang got epic during Oxbow seaplane trip in June 2004. Yin Yang is a long and typical outside -typical reef corner right in a pass. Outside is a mellow wall, often cross shore, with safe rides in deep water. Then, the wave bends in the corner, mush out for a while, then wraps into one of the most critical sections in the Maldives. Inside section can be long and tubular, guys getting barreled 3 times but it can be fairly heavy too on pretty uneven reef, producing potential intimidating barrels on the first bend.


MEEMU

All Spots in the Meemu Atoll are on a coast line facing to the east. There is always a left or a right well protected from the predominant wind directions. All spots are close to each other so that you can change spots within a few minutes!
"Spot 01" Left
Perfect wave with long wall. Easy take of with several options with long rides. Not too heavy - Great Fun.
"Spot 02" Right
Can hold bigger swells. Easy to ride even when it is big. Good for intermediates and even beginners.
"Spot 03" Left
Pretty shallow, fast wave. Works only in certain times of conditions.
"Spot 04" Right
Very fast, long walls, hollow, barreling, can be shallow but still save ending. Very well protected from southerly winds. Needs bigger swells.
"Spot 05" Right
Picks up more swell, good in sw winds, long walls, can max out easily, on the corner easy exit.


THAA

The Thaa Atoll picks up a lot of straight south to south east swell and may be even bigger than spots on east facing coastlines of other atolls. Due to its secluded location it is almost guaranteed that you will not even spot another surf charter during your stay. The spots are well protected from North to North west winds. Conditions may be fickle with other wind directions. Our operators will choose this Atoll only in very stable weather conditions.
"Spot 01" Right
needs bigger swells as it is more protected. Can get fast and hollow, shallow sections. If it is on the rides can be pretty long.
"Spot 02" Right+ Left
Powerful waves with fast, hollow walls that can produce some awesome barrels. Catches more swell than other spots in this area but is less protected to winds. When it’s on it can give you the surf of your lifetime.
"Spot 03 "
similar set up like Spot 02 but less shallow.
"Spot 04" Left
Speedy, shallow left that can produce some firing waves. When it’s on it can provide some greenroom time.


GAAFU DHAALU

It is said that the Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll is prone to fickle conditions during the time from May to August and offers world class conditions only in March, April and September to November. But this cannot be confirmed by either official wind statistics nor by our operators own experience. Right hand spots on the south facing coastline are always very well protected from typical north west to west-southwest winds. It is also rare that the wind blows from the wrong direction and strong enough to impact wave quality for a whole day. Even if they experienced strong southerlies they are always able to visit spots on the east facing coastline that are as well protected as all other spots on the Maldives. It may happen that you will experience a few hours downtime but you can be sure that you will have basically all spots for yourself for the whole trip!

"Kaededhdhoo or Airports" Right
is fun when the swell is large. As it is on the west side of the atoll it doesn’t receive as much swell as the other breaks. Lucky Punters will score good at Airports with a strong S-SW swell and NE wind.
"Beacons" or "Barracuda Point" Right
2 hrs away from the airport, at the first southern reef pass. Touted as the Maldives’ gutsiest wave, Beacons powerful rights tube onto a shallow, unforgiving reef. SW swells will break down the reef, but a SE swell will create peaks slamming straight onto close-out sections of coral. Beacons is flanked by an unnamed left across the channel, which has its days in a big swell and tends to go unridden.
"Dhigulaabadhoo/ Castaways" Left
across the channel from beacons, they call it dhiraagu after the phone company in the Maldives as the island is shaped like a phone. A sort of fat ride on the takeoff and if the swell direction is right can link up with another section on the inside where it produces a bit more speed and power, needs same wind as beacons and can be surfed on all tides. Plenty of marine life around here common to see whale sharks.
"Blue Bowls" or "Voodoos" Right
Blue Bowls is the most flexible right, tucked inside the pass and protected from SW-W Winds. More of a point style wave, it has good a length of ride and nice bowly sections for performance moves. All swells, all tides and all sizes.
"Gani Point" or "Five Islands" Right
Five Islands is another righthander that breaks hard and hollow on the shallow reef inside. The outside section encourages deep takeoffs into racy walls and handles the biggest swells at all tides.
"Booga Reef" or "Two Ways" Right+Left
Left and righthander - with the right usually coming up better but it needs a big swell to hit its protected position, making it at favourite with intermediates. Fun, peeling, long walls with a bit of depth to the water.
"Love Charms" Left
are actually several reliable lefts, which can handle E winds and any size of swell. Low tide is the best when it is small, soft and broken into two distinct sections. Bigger swells morph into a long, hollow wall, with protected pockets.
"Rockets" or "Tiger Stripes" Left
Named after the narrow gouges in the reef that give a striped effect, Tigers has some real growling left in a strong swell. Tricky take offs into a long speedy wall before committing to an inside tube section that wraps and peters out in the channel. Unimpressive when small, it always seems to be bigger than everywhere else. All tides, all variations of S Swells and any N Wind.
"KH"
KH is almost east coast and the two distinct take off spots link together in bigger swell and tide conditions.
"Koodhoo and Viligili" Right+Left.
East facing spots. Very well protected from dominant westerly winds.

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