This rare phenomenon of giant waves is known as the Ombak Bono formed by a meeting of tidal currents meeting the river currents. The best surf for surfing is already known by Indonesian surfers to surfers abroad and the waves are very challenging surfers to try it.
Bono waves become like test adernalin test and stamina for the surfers because one wave that appears is very long. Surfing in the waves of Bono will be very tiring physical surfer, because the waves are formed so long, long and big. Surfers will surf the waves bono in a long time that is more than 20 minutes.
Bono Wave occurred
Bono waves occur when the full moon, will be bigger when the volume of river water increased drastically in the rainy season and the flow of water from some creeks make the downstream area of Kampar River has a very high wave.
In addition, the flow of water from the Strait of Malacca Sea and the South China Sea meets the flow of Kampar River estuary. The narrowing of this stream meeting will form a large wave. Bono Wave Bono can reach up to 4-6 meters at full moon. bono wave speed can reach 40-50 km / h is quite challenging.
When there is a wave crest of Bono, 21 waves can appear simultaneously. This wave can also create waves rolling with time that can reach two hours. This is certainly much different from the waves in the sea that only lasted about a few minutes.
Although the local community waves Bono has a terrible name, the Seven Ghosts, but this wave also invited many surfers from abroad to try out the wild waves bono. Although Wave Bono waves are dangerous, but the largest and longest river waves in the world was crowned as the best river surfing rides in the world.
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