Had Medewi on my list of stops as I heard it was fun mellow wave, uncrowded being so far from Kuta, but since doing some research I have councilled our hotel booking, sounds like the surf schools have taken over......we experienced this phenomenon in lombok indonesia a few years back were local surf school push their students onto waves in front of surfer who is all ready on wave.... not only this they were getting agro at us for not getting off the wave? we found this very strange that they do not follow the surfing rules that are followed for safety throughout the world ??? some of these waves were 4 foot plus.....not beginner waves!
after catching about 4 waves in an hour on a 9"6 I was accused of hogging waves! and some of the surf instructors were dropping in to cut me off so there student could be pushed on further down the lineup, now im the type of surfer who may paddle in on a busy day at snapper without catching a single wave! im hardly a wave hog, at least in Australia we follow the rules !

anyway..... anyone been there recently? how did they find it? I don't want to go if locals are playing nasty, not the sort of vibe we want
if we don't go to medewi any other suggestions? already going to Legian, Channgu, tuban


thanks