Does anyone who's been be, willing to share advice for Mompiche, Ecuador, specifically if it would be better to bring a board, rent , or buy/resell a board down there for a month long surf trip?

"Mompiche is a great wave.. when it fires. Unfortunately, it only goes off on NW swells. ..."

"ps. re: montanita: unless its to shop for a board. there are stocked shops there. its ..."

"Thanks for the advice, dakota. I'm going there to volunteer, so hopefully that'll get me ..."

"I fucking loved Montanita. I thought the locals were awesome and the waves fun. When the ..."

"I surfed and studied Spanish in Montanita for two weeks last summer, got three good days o ..."

I'm planning a surfing trip on my month long winter break (end of Dec - end of Jan) and would love to do http://www.wavesforwater.org/ where surfers bring water filters to communities in need. Does anyone have suggestions on a place with consistent warm waves in the intermediate level during that season? Thanks for any advice!

I find myself with a 3 week window end of May/beg of June to get as much surfing in before starting school fulltime and I really want to get barrelled (never have before and it's been about 5 years...) Does anyone one have a surf destination suggestion for consistent, 4-6 ft waves that tube, warm water, good for a beginner/intermediate surfer and also safe for a solo female traveler?

"i'm a girl and i've done a lot of traveling solo. indo is tubealicious, went in 2008 but ..."

"@H2OMan - Tentatively planning a trip to Kauai. How intense is the crowd / local issue in ..."

"depends where you go and depends how you act. :) summer breaks like poipu and pakala are ..."

"i've taked a few trips to the hanalei bay area. i've always scored great waves and never h ..."

"I surfed this spot for a week last August: http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?tr ..."

I'm new to the SR community, even though I've check it 10x / day for the past year and it seems like a good place to get honest advice on surf travel. After surfing our cold waters, I'm hoping to go on a warm water surf trip mid Jan (Hawaii cuz it's close and cheaper), but it seems like Oahu's north shore is massive and the south shore is flat this time of year.