This morning Baby Padang the waves are good and clean conditions, not many people in the water. Fifth day of surfing for the students and they are making fast progress with our instructor. Very good waves and excellent fun. They are happy and tired, looking forward to joining us again to build more experience.
Head high clean waves at Uluwatu today. The tide was a bit high for the racetrack to work good, so most of the action was on the peak and in the section between the peak and racetrack. Very light offshore winds and some long rides to be had. Not very powerful waves today, which is great conditions for intermediates to improve their surfing technique.
Swell dropped overnight and it was perfect size at Uluwatu for intermediates to improve their technique. Head high consistent waves with the occasional overhead sets. Uluwatu is Bali’s premier surf spot and as always we were on the racetrack section where it is possible to get the longest rides. Was very quiet in the water until around 8am and we decided to return for breakfast, but will head back again this afternoon.
This morning our highly experienced coach Koki took our beginner group to baby Padang for surf lessons. The conditions were perfect for leaning to surf. The waves were waist to head high. Only 8 people went out in the lineup. With Koki’s help, the students were soon catching green unbroken waves, and having excellent fun. It was an amazing day surfing and incredible progress to be riding green unbroken waves on only their third day surfing.
This morning our highly experienced coach Koki took our beginners group to Baby Padang for a solid introduction to the art of surfing. After some instruction on theory and practice, the guys were soon getting themselves into position. With Koki’s help were soon catching green unbroken waves. They had an excellent fun time! The condition were perfect for their first time in the water; excellent fun and the guys went away happy and tired, after their first surfing experience, but looking forward to joining us again to build upon their experience. Nothing compares to riding your first green waves.
The swell has dropped in size a bit since yesterday, so our intermediate surfers were comfortable at Uluwatu’s The Peak for their early morning surf. The waves were shoulder to head high on the sets, glassy with a light offshore wind and almost no crowd in the lineup. It was an ideal day to learn and it’s always a great feeling to see our guests improving session after session with our local instructors.
Uluwatu is the ideal place to practice both down the line speed and push yourself in bigger waves when the conditions are right for an intermediate. That’s what our intermediate group did this morning as they paddled out at first light through the famous Uluwatu cave. The waves were overhead on the sets, glassy and with a relatively quiet lineup thanks to the early start. The dry season looks like it has finally arrived with more sunny skies and a light offshore breeze.
Sunny, glassy Uluwatu was the spot for our intermediate surfers for their second session of the day today. The waves were in the shoulder to head high range on the sets, the lineup was relatively uncrowded and there are never any complaints when the conditions are right for our intermediate surfers to make a trip there. There was a light offshore wind and it was ideal to practice making speed down the line and some turns.
The lessons for our intermediate group this morning were at Balangan. The conditions were clean and ideal for learning, with the bigger head high sets interspersed with some smaller 3ft waves so our learners could practice both bigger drop ins and creating and maintaining speed on smaller waves. Once again the sun was shining and the wind was moderate for the morning session. The group came back to camp for a quick rest and refuel before heading to Padang Padang for their second session of the day.