Purus, Indonesia

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About Purus

Purus is a town in West Sumatra, Indonesia. From Purus you can reach 2 surf spots and 1 dive site. The nearest is Pantai Purus, a surf spot under 0.1 km from the centre. Overture lists 103 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is PDG, 19 km away.

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Staying in Purus

  • 103 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: PDG, 19 km, PKU, 197 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Purus.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Purus each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Purus: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Pantai Air Manis6.1 kmabout 15 min by car2 ft38 kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore, poor2 ft54 kJwind from the north, 4 knots, poor2 ft54 kJwind from the north-west, 1 knot, poor1 ft34 kJwind from the west-north-west, 2 knots, poor2 ft16 kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots, poor2 ft46 kJwind from the north-west, 0 knots, poor2 ft46 kJwind from the north, 5 knots, poor
All readings for Pantai Air Manis: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Pantai Air Manis, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct22, poor2 ft6 smushy38kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore29°C
Mon 19Oct17, poor2 ft11 scrumbling54kJwind from the north, 4 knots28°C
Tue 20Oct18, poor2 ft11 scrumbling54kJwind from the north-west, 1 knot28°C
Wed 21Oct14, poor1 ft10 ssoft34kJwind from the west-north-west, 2 knots29°C
Thu 22Oct16, poor2 ft5 smushy16kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots29°C
Fri 23Oct16, poor2 ft10 ssoft46kJwind from the north-west, 0 knots28°C
Sat 24Oct16, poor2 ft10 ssoft46kJwind from the north, 5 knots27°C
Pantai Purus0 kmabout 5 min by car2 ft27 kJwind from the north, 2 knots, poor1 ft26 kJwind from the north-west, 3 knots, poor1 ft44 kJwind from the west, 1 knot, poor1 ft27 kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots, poor2 ft13 kJwind from the south, 3 knots, poor1 ft29 kJwind from the north-north-east, 2 knots, poor1 ft53 kJwind from the north-west, 3 knots, poor
All readings for Pantai Purus: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Pantai Purus, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct18, poor2 ft6 smushy27kJwind from the north, 2 knots30°C
Mon 19Oct14, poor1 ft9 ssoft26kJwind from the north-west, 3 knots28°C
Tue 20Oct16, poor1 ft11 scrumbling44kJwind from the west, 1 knot28°C
Wed 21Oct12, poor1 ft10 scrumbling27kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots29°C
Thu 22Oct14, poor2 ft5 smushy13kJwind from the south, 3 knots29°C
Fri 23Oct11, poor1 ft11 scrumbling29kJwind from the north-north-east, 2 knots29°C
Sat 24Oct16, poor1 ft13 scrumbling53kJwind from the north-west, 3 knots28°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Purus, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Dive near Purus

Places to eat near Purus

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits