Cokes
The sizzling righthander is named after the soft drink factory on the island that fronts it and is the most challenging right in the North Male Atoll.
The takeoff isn't quite Backdoor heavy, but it can be pretty damn thick. You can paddle in behind the peak, set an edge and hang on for a few seconds of vision before the wave opens up again through the middle section. The inside section is hollower than the takeoff as it hits the shallow reef and speeds along wide open, letting you line up with your boat in the channel from inside the tube.
While this is the most barrel-worthy break in the North Male Atoll, it's also the area's best big wave spot. Colas does have a tendency to be shifty and a bit lumpy since it's the most wind exposed spot around. Be careful because it is one of the only waves in this zone where it's super easy to get caught inside on the sharp coral.
Chickens
Before anyone gets the wrong idea, Chickens isn't named after the kind of surfer who chooses this wave. The island it breaks off used to be a big chicken farm, and in fact, this bending and wrapping left tube is one of the more challenging and fast waves in this whole zone. Like many of the waves here, it's super easy to get sucked up the point and out of position, depending on tide and swell direction. It's best to pick some land on the island and keep lined up at all times.
The wave itself is made up of three to six bowl sections, depending on swell size and direction, all of which can throw. If you're good, it's possible to link the whole wave. Plus, the wave pushes back and bends towards you the whole way, making it particularly fun for regular-footers who are fond of vertical surfing. Being so far north in the chain, one drawback is that it's highly susceptible to wind.
Ninjas
The good thing about Ninja's is its imperfections: there's lots of different takeoff areas depending on swell and tide. Often, one wave will have three separate and distinct takeoff spots, with each rider getting a decent and racy righthander.
It's important to pay attention here, as unlike many of the other, more predictable reefs around, Ninja's will close out or mush out eventually. It will also start to close out once it gets a bit overhead.
Sultans
Sultans is one of the best waves in the Maldives, handling any size swell from the S and providing long, user-friendly walls that run through to a hollow inside section. One of the more approachable reef-points in the Indian Ocean, Sultans tends to attract surfers of all skill levels, from pros to those with more gumption than experience. The wave pumps throughout the season, handling the SW monsoon winds that trash most rights in the area.
Honkys
The takeoff zone at Honky's is actually part of the same reef as Sultans, just 100 yards south, and swells bend in towards the island pretty much from takeoff all the way through. It actually grows in size at it wraps on the inside section.
"Fred's Ledge" is often two feet bigger than the takeoff. By the time you kick out, the wave has wrapped almost 90 degrees. The currents running next to this left are some of the gnarliest in the area, so be sure to line up well with some point of land.
Jails
This is perhaps the Maldives' broadest wave field, with a bunch of different takeoff spots scattered along the flat reef, some linking up into 100-yard-plus rides, others into shorter tube sections. As it gets bigger, the sections kinda disappear and it becomes one super long, super fast right point, with three or four barrels per wave possible.
Jailbreaks used to be "owned" by Atoll Adventures (ie: no one could surf there if they weren't staying at Tari Village), but the Maldivian Surfing Association helped open it up for everyone in the late '90s.
