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GUIDE TO SURFING IN BALI & LUXURY BALI VILLAS NEAR SURF BREAKS

Bingin

The Break
Bingin is a very well known break and can get very crowded in the peak season. There is only one take off area and the wave itself is good but a short ride

Impossibles

The Break
Impossibles break, although popular, does not suffer from crowds as the reef stretches over a large area giving the surfer a large choice of take off spots. When the wave at Impossible is lining up well and the height gets over the 5ft mark on a mid range tide you can expect to get some fast, long rides.

Padang Padang

The Break
Padang Padang can get extremely crowded when it is working and this is due to it's fame and popularity with surfers. With a large crowd it is not hard for tempers to flare up and arguments begin which are often caused by drop-ins. Best time to catch a wave at this break when conditions are right is early in the morning. A great wave and one that you will long remember.

Uluwatu

Nyang Nyang

The Break
The break has a quality right and left wave that produces a ride of 50 - 150 meters depending on conditions. A wave that should be sampled and not missed on your next surfing trip to Bali. The break tends to work on all tides and begins working with a swell of about 3ft through to 8ft plus. The break will never be crowded due to its location and access via the long set of steps.

Green Ball

The Break
The Green Balls break is at the bottom of a cliff so just follow the staircase down to the bottom. No problem getting down but remember that after you have been surfing for a couple of hours the return trip back up the steps will be quite a bit harder. There are usually people around that you can pay to carry your gear for you. Because of these factors the break is never crowded.

Sri Lanka [ Club Med Beach ]

The Break
A short paddle out through the lagoon leads to a bowling right-hander that can barrel when over 6 feet.

Nusa Dua [ Geger Beach ]

Airport Lefts

The Break
This break is a favourite of Japanese surfers so it can get crowded, and is a favourite with Japanese surfers. The waves are not a super powerful and the wave only runs for about 70 mtrs.

Airport Rights

The Break
When the swell is big on the reefs along the Kuta stretch it's worth taking a trip around to Airport Rights as it does take a bit of big swell before this break starts to work. With a high tide in the morning and a big swell to go with it, the chances are that this break will be working. Airport Rights is a classic right hand wave with rides up to 100mtrs or more. When it's working in the 2 - 4ft range you can generally expect it to be crowded.

Halfway [ Kuta Beach ]

The Break
Variable quality, better on incoming tide around the mid mark. Holds up to around 3 feet than closes.

McD's [ Kuta Beach ]

The Break
Best on the incoming tides up to three feet, get up early to beat the masses.

Kuta Reef

Canggu Left [ Echo Beach ]

The Break
This reef break has a regional classic wave that should be sampled while in Bali. It has both lefts and rights but the lefts are much better than the rights and the waves can be very fast but the ride is short. Works best on the mid and high tides with a swell size of 5-6ft. Surfing hazards are the rips and rocks in the surfing area. A number of locals surf this break so be prepared for a little attitude from some of them. The surf can blow out if the wind picks up and the break can get crowded at high tide as it only supports about 25 surfers.

Main Peak [ Echo Beach ]

The Break
Can throw up some good barrels. Mid tide spot, high tide left nearby. Advanced owing to the crowd factor

Tugu's

Berawa

Medewi

Balian

The Break
The break is made up of reef and rocks and has a quality right & left hand wave producing a ride of about 150 meters on a good day and is suitable for all levels of surfer. The break can work on all tides and optimum swell size is from 3ft - 8ft. The lefts are usually longer and better shaped than the right handers. When you enter the water you will be taken out by the current to the right. Do not try to master the current because you simply will not succeed. After a 50 meters offshore paddle to the left it's a long paddle to the peak but you will be rewarded with some very long rides. Balian is a nice quiet spot, not crowed and a typically beautiful Bali surf break but, like Medewi surfing must be done in the early morning as by mid to late morning the onshore winds will begin to blow the surf out. When you enter the water you will be taken by the current to the right. Do not try to master the current because you simply will not succeed. after about 50 meters offshore paddle to the left. It's a very long paddle to the peak but at the same time you get very very long rides.

Sanur, Tadjungs & Hyatt

The Break
The breaks in the Sanur area require a lot of big swell to get them working properly. It there is huge swell at Nusa Dua you will find some perfect right handers along the Sanur reefs. Be warned that the local surfers are very 'wave hungry' and also not too happy about sharing their 'home break' and they can make it difficult for any newcomer, especially when the waves are under 5ft and this can make it difficult to get waves.