"But probably not as good as in Indonesia."
He says right breaking waves breaking so close to the shore allow surfers to run along to the shore and try more waves instead of swimming laboriously against the wave to get to the starting point.
"The waves are very consistent here," adds Wade. "So you can be sure to get the waves when you come.
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Permanent Fixture
SriLankan Airlines, the island's national carrier, who was the main sponsor of the championship, wants to make the Arugam Bay event a permanent fixture on the ASP World Tour circuit.
"We first negotiated with them in 2004, but the war broke out and we shifted to the Maldives, because of the security situation," says SriLankan Airlines chief Manoj Gunewardena.
"But now people can come here freely.
"Our intention is to make this a high profile global event and over the next three years also encourage other corporate sponsors to