Activity: Surf Lessons

This morning our beginners’ group made the drive of less than 1km to our closest beach at Padang Padang for their first session of surfing lessons for the day.

After a short time rehearsing their pop-ups on the sand with some helpful pointers from their expert instructors, they were off into the ocean to put that advice into practice.

The waves were between knee and waist-high this morning which was the perfect size for our beginners — progressing from the whitewater to riding along the waves’ faces.

After breakfast, the beginners joined the intermediate group at Dreamland while our advanced surfers headed out to Temple for their second surf of the morning.

This morning our intermediate and advanced groups headed to the famous peaks of Uluwatu for their surf lessons and guiding sessions.

Waves were breaking in the shoulder to head high range with a few larger sets coming in well overhead. As you can see from the variety in today’s gallery, there were barrel and air sections on offer, some glassy walls and plenty of smiling faces.

After breakfast, our intermediate and advanced surfers were in the water again at Dreamland, while our other intermediate and beginner groups surfed at Toro Toro and Padang Padang.

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.

Across the channel from the world-famous Padang Padang lefthander lies the beginners’ playground of Padang Padang Rights, where our beginner surfing lessons took place this morning.

While many people are advised to learn to surf at the sandy beaches of Kuta and Canggu, we disagree. On days like today when the waves are small and peeling slowly, when there are almost no other people in the water and the sun illuminates the crystal clear water, there is simply no better place to learn to surf.

Wave height was in the knee to waist high range with the occasional larger set coming through and everybody had a great double session before heading back to camp for lunch.

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.

This morning our beginner and intermediate surfers jumped in the boat to surf Tower in Jimbaran bay. Named after the large towers used to mark the deep water channel for large boats, this is a great spot for progressing from white water to surfing the green faces and friendlier than nearby Toro Toro, which is a slightly longer boat ride away.

As you can see from today’s photos, our guests all caught some great waves in the late October sun. No sign of wet season so far!

Elsewhere at the surf camp, our other surf lessons took place at Bingin Rights, Nikko and Jimbaran today, so there was something to suit everybody — carefully selected, as always, by our expert local surf guides and instructors.

Our two vans of intermediate surfers headed to Jump Off aka Honeymoons this morning for their lessons, which is located alongside the cliffs at the south of Jimbaran Bay.

After everybody had built up the courage to jump off the cliffs and into the water, they all had a great time surfing the left-handers of this unique spot.

Wave height was in the chest-high to head-high range and the cliffs provided their shelter from the wind, resulting in clean waves for everyone to enjoy.

After breakfast, both of these groups surfed at Toro Toro while our other group lessons took place at Tower and Jimbaran.