The popular belief that waves only occur in Indonesia during the winter in the hemisphere is shaken every time these videos appear.

"There's been an amazing swell in January at Lagundri Bay in Nias, it's not often that the wave breaks in January so to have a few days of clean, barrelled waves with just a few people is almost a wonder. Maybe it's time to plan your next trip to Nias for the off-season?" they wrote from Surf Raw Files.

In the water: Site, Anton, Yoza and Kevin, among others.

Video: Surf Raw Files