Intermediate Surfing in Bali

It was all aboard the boat to Temples for our intermediate and advanced groups this morning as they headed out at dawn to one of our guests’ favourite spots.

Always thin on crowds due to the long walk or even longer paddle, Temples is just a short boat trip from Padang Padang and a fun way to start the day — enjoying a view of the Uluwatu coastline from a different perspective as the sun rises.

This morning the crowd was as thin as ever as waves were coming through in the shoulder-high to overhead range and everyone had their fill of long lefts before heading back to camp for breakfast.

For today’s surf report, our intermediate and advanced guiding group headed to Dreamland beach for their first surf of the day.

Arriving shortly after dawn to an empty lineup — as we often do — our surfers enjoyed their pick of the waves as they spread across the lineup. At the start of the session the set waves were breaking all the way along the beach for some long rides, and as the tide filled in, the shorebreak and inside reform started to turn on.

Waves today were breaking in the shoulder-high to overhead range and everybody had a great session with plenty of rides before the short drive back to surf camp for another delicious breakfast.

This morning our intermediate surfers were up at dawn and out on the boat to Toro Toro for their first session of surf lessons and guiding.

As you can see from the gallery, it was the girls who were on fire this morning, catching all of the best waves of the session!

Wave height had increased overnight as the new swell filled in and our expert guides and instructors once again made the perfect pick to score the ideal combination of fun, glassy, and uncrowded waves.

This morning’s dawn patrol saw our intermediate and advanced groups of surfers heading to Uluwatu where the swell height had increased slightly overnight. Waves were coming in clean and glassy on both the main peak and Racetracks sections and everybody enjoyed some long rides.

As well as a few who joined us for surf guiding the majority of today’s group were taking advantage of either private or semi-private lessons and benefitting from the years of knowledge reading the waves and lineup that our expert instructors have to offer.

After a breakfast refuelling stop back at the surf camp, these two groups both joined up with our other intermediate group to surf at Balangan for their second surf session of the day.

This morning our advanced group enjoyed surf guiding and our intermediate group enjoyed surf lessons at Uluwatu. Conditions are clean today and almost no wind but the swell is still not big. Therefore, the waves this morning are chest high to shoulder high but on certain good sets can reach head high size or even overhead size. Still fun and enjoyable. Bali has a big variety of for experienced surfers is a good opportunity to surf the best waves in different locations of this amazing island.

Our beginners groups had surf lessons at Padang Padang beach this morning. Excellent conditions for learning and waves waist high to knee high or waist high on sets provided really enjoyable surf session for our learners.

This morning our intermediate and advanced groups headed over to Nusa Dua to surf at Geger Reef’s lesser-known neighbour Geger Lefts for lessons and surf guiding.

Wave height was in the shoulder to overhead range as the sun rose over Bali, backlighting the waves and creating another picture-postcard morning here in paradise.

Elsewhere at the surf camp this morning, our intermediates and beginners groups surfed at Dreamland and Padang Padang, so there was — as always — something on offer for all ability levels.

This morning our beginner and intermediate groups headed the short distance from the surf camp to beautiful Dreamland beach for their group and private surfing lessons.

Wave height was smaller than yesterday in the knee to shoulder high range with a couple of larger head-hight sets coming through occasionally — perfect for working on your surfing skills in a safe and fun environment.

It’s weekly BBQ day at camp, so after our different groups surfed their second sessions at Balangan and Padang Padang. it was all back to the camp to feast on some of the Bukit peninsular’s finest flame-grilled food.

This morning our intermediate group enjoyed their surf lessons at Dreamland. This surf break is a particular favourite of intermediate surfers as there are a variety of spots that work on different tides and swell sizes. Conditions today are clean with light offshore wind and excellent for learning. Swell size is smaller than yesterday so waves are shoulder high to head high and overhead high on set. Pretty intense surf session with lots of fun! and, as a result, our excited surfers sharing their emotions with each other during amazing breakfast.