The Banyak Islands are most popular between March and November. "Every one of those islands would have some sort of surf spot on it," Mr Howard, who has been surfing in Indonesia since the 1980s ...

In July, an overloaded passenger boat capsized off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing 15 people. In 2018, an overcrowded ferry with about 200 people on board sank in a lake in North Sumatra ...

Setting off got Banyak Island, the group of 12 are understood to have separated onto two boats. One boat took refuge on Sarang Alu, an island between the two the group were traveling between on ...

Elliot Foote had organized the trip for his 30th birthday, assembling a group of 12 people for 10 days of surfing in the Banyak Islands, off the western coast of North Sumatra in western Indonesia.

Staff at the tiny resort there and rescue personnel in the Banyak Islands began the search at 2am on Monday but were unsuccessful. Police, the military and volunteers have since joined Basarnas in ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Four Australian tourists and two Indonesians were rescued after being missing for two days in the waters off Indonesia’s Aceh province, officials and the father of ...

When two boats set off towards an Indonesian island for a birthday surfing trip, none of those on board could have predicted the next few days. Here's how the survivors managed more than 36 hours ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Two of the four green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) rescued from hunters on June 29 were released into the waters of Banyak Island in Aceh Singkil, Aceh, Indonesia on Friday, July ...

In August 2023, word broke that a surf camp transport boat had gone missing near the Banyak Islands in Indonesia. Four visiting Australian tourists and three Indonesian staff were lost at sea ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Four Australian tourists and two Indonesians were rescued after being missing for two days in the waters off Indonesia’s Aceh province, officials and the father of o… ...

In July, an overloaded passenger boat capsized off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing 15 people. In 2018, an overcrowded ferry with about 200 people on board sank in a lake in North Sumatra ...