It’s no secret that Indonesia is a popular destination for surfers. If you’re planning on traveling to Indo, you should read up on the latest news. Until Indonesia implements a reliable tsunami warning system, the rest of the world is going to have to help them along. Awareness always helps.
This site http://indonesiahelp.blogspot.com/ appears to be doing a decent job of reporting Indonesian tsunami news and includes some information on how to help. The site documents the recent tsunami pretty well and includes maps, timetables, etc. I can’t say whether it’s safe to submit contributions to any of the bank accounts listed on the site.
Here are some more links to learn more about it all.
This site contains lots of maps & models on the earthquake that caused the recent tsunami.
This article contains lots of other links
The Germans have developed a way for wave-deprived people to experience the feeling of riding a wave. City Wave, as they’re calling it, is basically a fake standing wave formed by fashioning a large wave-shaped conveyor belt out of a special non-sticky material that people can ride with special boards. It doesn’t require a drop of water and can be moved and setup anywhere. 
We’re seeing more and more ways for people to experience the sensation of riding a surfboard without having to get their feet wet in the ocean. I think it’s great that inventive people, who are passionate about surfing, are developing ways to make surfing more accessible to the masses. Hopefully, the more people learn about surfing (when they’re on land), the more they’ll feel drawn to the ocean. That’s not to say I wish the line-ups were a little more crowded. I do wish people had more respect for the ocean, though, and surfing in the ocean has a tendency to earn people’s respect for the ocean.
When people start showing more respect to the ocean, hopefully they’ll think more about taking better care of it. If that comes at the cost of having to ride a wave with 200 other yahoos, then so be it. I’ll just go and find myself a City Wave that I can ride all by myself.