Activity: Surf Guiding

We headed to Impossibles for an early uncrowded session at dawn this morning which started with the whole break to ourselves.

The shoulder to head-high waves were as speedy as usual but with perfect sunny weather, it was a great way to start the day.

Tomorrow’s swell should be a little smaller so safe to venture out to the Bukit peninsular’s more exposed reefs again for more fun!

Our advanced group headed to Uluwatu this morning where there was still a reasonable amount of swell left over from the previous day mixing with the building sets of a new incoming swell

This combination made for challenging conditions at times as waves were breaking between shoulder high and double-overhead with a few surfers on their big wave boards waiting for the larger sets that were hitting the reef wider at Outside Corner.

The swell will continue to build throughout the day and overnight which means we’ve got plenty of options for where to surf tomorrow

We returned to Uluwatu this morning where conditions were great for both intermediate and advanced surfers

Waves were mostly breaking between shoulder and head high, the sun was out, and the wind was light

Tomorrow we’re expecting another day of similar-sized swell which means that, once again, Uluwatu is likely to be serving up waves that are suitable for a large range of abilities from intermediate to advanced surfers

Our intermediate and advanced group had to be patient for the tide his morning but it was certainly worth the wait.

By late morning, when the was enough water on the reef, the wind remained light, the sun was out and some beautifully clean waves were breaking down all sections of the Uluwatu reef in the chest to head-high range.

We’re expecting wave size to drop slightly overnight before a new swell fills in to provide some bigger waves for the start of the new week.

This morning we headed to Dreamland — one of our closest breaks — where the conditions were perfect for the intermediates.

With a little more shelter than some of the surrounding coastline, waves were breaking here on the main beach and the A-frame reef between waist and shoulder high with long lefts and rights to enjoy

The sun was out and with light winds the quite clean conditions made for a beautiful morning of waves for everyone

We headed to our premier local wave this morning — Uluwatu — for the intermediate and advanced surf guiding session where the swell had dropped slightly overnight.

Conditions were clean and waves were generally breaking between chest and head-high with light variable winds

A new medium/large higher-period swell will be filling overnight which should provide us with even more swell and options for tomorrow

The conditions for this morning’s intermediate surf guiding session weren’t quite up the very high standards we’re accustomed to here in Bali

Up the road, Uluwatu had a little too much size, so we tried our luck at Impossibles where there wasn’t quite enough swell for it to be a five-star day and the changeable wind direction took off another star.

Having said that, there were few people in the water and even though the waves weren’t perfectly clean, there were some long racey walls on offer and plenty of waves for everyone.

There was an increase in swell height overnight so Uluwatu wasn’t suitable for the intermediates today, but it was perfect for the advanced surfers

The sun was out and conditions were very clean as waves were breaking around head-high to a foot or two overhead with a light offshore breeze

Wave height is going to continue to increase throughout the day and tomorrow should see some of the more sheltered spots come alive, including Padang Padang