North Malé Atoll, Maldives
Sultans (Thamburudhoo)
Advanced
Reef break
Reef bottom
Peels right
0.8–3.5 m
Any tide
The Maldives' most famous wave: a long, powerful, barreling right that has hosted international surf contests since the 1990s. Consistent, racy and world-class — the benchmark of the atoll's charter circuit.
Hazards
RocksUrchinsRipStrong Current
Conditions
- Best swell
- S, SW, SSW
- Best wind
- W, NW
- Season
- Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
- Wave size
- 0.8–3.5 m
- Wave quality
- Consistency
- Crowd
- Coordinates
- 4.2680, 73.5700