Mitch,
good to get a reply from one of the tankers crew! I saw that in the movie (you know) and seemed fun. I investigated once about doing that on a river but apparently you need a certain speed for the wake and some waterways have speed limits for ships.
Anyway, I wasnt intending to spam the forum neither provide false information, I wouldn't spend my time on that.
This is about proper surfing, no surfing the net or wake riding. You wont regret, guarranteed. It wont be glassy or barreling thats for sure but you'll have fun even with a shortboard, as I did.
If I was there, I bet you'd buy me a beer to hear my surfing stories in Qatar! I'm not there now, so you might as well buy me an ebook!
No ofense mate. I just happened to compile 22 pages of useful information which includes descriptions to access the spots, weather conditions and real own pictures and I though it would be fair to put a small sum for the effort.
All the best.
wavearchitecture