Activity: Surf Lessons

This morning, our beginner surfers headed the very short distance down the road to our local break of Padang Padang for their first session of group and private lessons.

Padang Padang is a great wave for learning to surf as the forgiving waves peel along the soft, seagrass-covered reef and into the channel where the waves don’t break — the perfect place to catch your breath before heading back out for your next wave.

This morning waves were breaking in the waist to chest-high range and everybody had loads of fun before heading to Dreamland after breakfast for their second session of the day.

There were waves of varying sizes and shapes on offer this morning as our intermediate and advanced surfing groups headed the short distance to Uluwatu for their first surf sessions of the day.

The swell was a little slower coming through than it had been for the previous evening’s sunset session but conditions were clean and glassy and waves ranged from chest to overhead on the larger sets.

From our intermediates making some of their first turns down the line to our expert instructors like Blacky boosting enormous airs, everyone had a great morning of waves.

This morning our beginners headed the short ride down the road to Dreamland beach for their group and private surfing lessons.

It was a beautiful sunny morning and after some initial instruction on the beach, everybody ventured out into the water to start their surfing journeys in Dreamland’s soft and friendly waves.

Elsewhere, our intermediate and advanced surfers started their day back at Greenbowl and everybody met up back at the camp to exchange tales of their morning surf adventures over their delicious breakfasts.

Our intermediate and advanced groups caught the boat at dawn this morning down to Temple at the end of the Uluwatu reef for their first surf session of the morning.

The intermediate group stayed at the north end of the reef where the waves were slightly softer and more forgiving and the advanced guiding group sat further up the reef where it was shallower and hollower.

After returning to camp for breakfast both groups surfed their second sessions of the day at Uluwatu.

It was intermediate-friendly fun at Uluwatu again this morning as swell height was relatively small for the second day in a row.

Light onshore winds meant that the waves were still very clean and everyone was taking advantage of Uluwatu’s long peeling walls during their lessons.

Elsewhere, our advanced guiding group surfed at Gunung Payung where the more exposed break provided more challenging waves.

Our intermediate and advanced groups jumped on the boat at first light this morning and headed up to ‘Temple’ at the end of the Uluwatu reef for their first surf session of the day.

Waves were coming through in the waist to head-high range which meant they were suitable for the range of abilities across the two groups and everyone had lots of long rides in the uncrowded and glassy conditions.

After a very short rain shower this morning it’s been another glorious day of sunshine here on the Bukit and it’s only the wind direction and swell that are showing signs of the change in season so far.

It was glassy perfection this morning at Uluwatu for our intermediate group lessons.

As the dry-season wave in our immediate area that picks up the most swell, it’s often only suitable for more advanced surfers.

Not today though, as glassy waves were reeling down the reef in the waist to shoulder-high range and ideal for our intermediate surfers to practice making their first turns and enjoying those long rides down the reef.

We were expecting some wet season winds this morning but when they never arrived, our beginner group changed their plans and enjoyed the shorter ride to beautiful Balangan beach for a sunny morning of group, private, and semi-private surfing lessons.

Waves were in the knee to waist-high range this morning and perfectly clean and glassy — exactly what you need for building confidence and progressing from riding straight in the white water to making your first turns down the line.