Bali Surf Lesson Reports

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.

Balangan was the location chosen by our expert instructors and spot selectors for today’s beginner and intermediate surfing lessons.

Like many of the breaks in the surf camp’s local area, the different sections of the Balangan reef have distinct characteristics which are each suited to different ability levels. This means that, on days like today, both beginner and intermediate surfers can enjoy waves that are perfectly suited to each of them at the same beach.

Waves were coming through between knee and head-high today and everybody had a lot of fun in the November morning sun.

At the far end of the Uluwatu line up, under the shadow of the famous 11th-century temple perched on top of the 70m high cliffs lies its namesake wave — Temples. This spot is a favourite with our guests thanks to its long glassy walls and its crowd-unfriendly location.

It’s possible to access the wave by walking along the reef at low tide but our favourite way is to travel in style by taking the boat from Padang Padang, which is what our intermediate group of surfers did today for their morning lessons.

Waves were coming through in the shoulder to overhead range and everyone enjoyed a fun and uncrowded session before heading back to camp for breakfast.

It was another beautiful morning for learning to surf here on Bali’s Bukit peninsular as our two beginner groups headed off to Balangan beach for their surfing lessons.

The knee-high waves — expertly selected by our instructors — were the perfect beginner-friendly introduction for our surfers building their confidence and skills in the water.

For their second session of the day, our beginners groups will either surf at Balangan again or the surf camp’s local break at Padang Padang.

Today our intermediate group ventured to Balangan for both of their morning surf lessons. Palm-fringed with white sand, Balangan is one of the most beautiful beaches on the west coast of the Bukit peninsular and just being there is an experience of its own.

There was a little wind but waves were still clean and all of our surfers were making great progress riding along Balangan’s green faces as waves were arriving in the waist to shoulder-high range.

After their surf lessons, everybody headed back to camp for our delicious weekly BBQ which was well deserved!