New Telo Islands Surf Camp - "Resort Latitude Zero"

Looks like our former Panaitan Island guide, Todd Roesler is teaming up with one of the most respected Mentawai / Sumatra skippers, Matt Cruden for a new surf camp/resort in the Telo Islands. Matt was recently featured guiding WCT pros on his boat Mangalui Ndulu in the DVD's "Fitty Fitty" and "Somewhere".  This resort also has the advantage of being serviced by Todd's boat, Nomad.  The resort's website is here.

The site doesn't mention anything about the camp's location within the Batu / Telo island group, though likely it is in the northern Telos near the major village/port.

There is some land-based competition already in the Telos: A brazilian-operated camp in the southern Telos, and the Telo Island Lodge in the northern Telos.  The Telo Island Lodge does as good a job of documenting the northern Telos spots as anyone

http://www.teloislandlodge.com/surf.asp

Having spent a couple days in that area when conditions were less than epic, it's unclear to me how many of the spots they name actually work consistently versus those that are fickle about wind, swell, tide, etc. 

In my experience the Telos deserve their reputation for low crowds and good surf. The 5-star spots may not be happening every day, but the most consistent spots can still be a lot of fun. In practice the Telos feature clusters of surf spots that tend to spread out the crowds in a given area and offer variety between heavy hollow waves and more rippable performance waves.