Bali Surf Lesson Reports

One of the great things about being located on the Bukit peninsular is how easy it is to change coastline depending on swell and wind-direction, so regardless of the conditions, we’ll always find the best waves around.

Swell height had dropped overnight so it was a change of plan from the scheduled session at Uluwatu as our intermediate and advanced surfers made their way down the Greenbowl steps for their morning surf today.

Sets were hitting the Greenbowl reef in the shoulder to head-high range and all of our surfers enjoyed plenty of long rides.

Our beginner group stayed local this morning for their first session of group and semi-private lessons as they surfed less than 1km away from the camp at Padang Padang beach.

Wave height was a similar size to yesterday with sets coming through in the knee to waist-high range.

It might be late November but it’s still dry and sunny here in paradise and our guests are enjoying the fact that there are fewer people in the water and more waves to go around.

It was another beautiful dawn session for our intermediate and advanced surfers this morning down the road at Uluwatu.

With the mid-tide window of opportunity coinciding with first light, our surfers were among the first in the water for their lessons and surf guiding, and everybody enjoyed lots of long rides.

Wave height was coming through in the chest to head-high range and we’re already looking forward to tomorrow morning where the swell will be a little larger than today and the tide times will be even better.

In anticipation of the arrival of some new swell, our intermediate group jumped aboard the boat for Toro Toro this morning.
On arrival, wave height wasn’t as expected so they continued past the airport runway to check the other airport reefs, settling on Middle Reef as the wave of choice with the best combination of size and other surfers in the water.

Waves were coming through this morning in the waist to shoulder-high range and a perfect opportunity for our intermediate surfers to practise generating speed down the line.

After breakfast back at camp, our intermediates surfed their second session at Dreamland while our beginners enjoyed a very quiet Padang Padang to themselves for the first session and returned there again later in the morning.

Our beginners were back at Padang Padang this morning for their group and private lessons — making some great progress that’s clearly visible from the surf report just a few days ago.

This morning wave height was a beginner-friendly knee to waist-high with a few larger chest-high sets sneaking through.

Tomorrow we’re expecting an increase in swell height so our beginners will be back at Padang Padang where the sheltered bay and the channel in the reef provide the best setup for learning to surf in Bali.

After the welcome arrival of some new swell yesterday, our intermediate and advanced groups were back at Uluwatu for this morning’s dawn patrol.

Waves were slow at times but as the session went on, they grew in size and consistency and there were plenty of waves on offer to keep everybody happy and suitably challenged.

After a slightly cloudy start to the day, the sun is beaming again and wet season continues to hold off — much to everyone’s delight!

After breakfast, our intermediate and advanced groups split and surfed at Greenball and Dreamland, while our beginners who surfed at Padang Padang this morning also had their second session at Dreamland.

Aside from the local monkeys, our beginners group had Padang Padang beach to themselves this morning for their first lessons of the day. Just after dawn they headed less than 1km to our local break where waves were coming through glassy and between knee and waist-high — the perfect size for building confidence and working on their pop-ups.

Having Padang Padang as our local break means we’re often first in the water and smaller crowds means more waves for everybody and faster progress.

After the quick ride back to camp for breakfast, our beginners got to relax for a short while before they returned to Padang Padang for their second session of surf lessons for the day.

Today is the perfect day for  intermediate surfers to learn and to improve surfing skills here in Bali. This morning our intermediate group headed to Uluwatu to have surf lessons there. Conditions are excellent today, bright sunny day with fresh offshore wind, so everything promised really fun session. Swell is smaller  than yesterday and waves are clean, chest high to shoulder high size. Super fun and perfect for our surfers to exhibit their surf skills.