Ability Level: Beginner

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.

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.

Our beginner group stayed local this morning for their first session of group and semi-private lessons as they surfed less than 1km away from the camp at Padang Padang beach.

Wave height was a similar size to yesterday with sets coming through in the knee to waist-high range.

It might be late November but it’s still dry and sunny here in paradise and our guests are enjoying the fact that there are fewer people in the water and more waves to go around.

Our beginners were back at Padang Padang this morning for their group and private lessons — making some great progress that’s clearly visible from the surf report just a few days ago.

This morning wave height was a beginner-friendly knee to waist-high with a few larger chest-high sets sneaking through.

Tomorrow we’re expecting an increase in swell height so our beginners will be back at Padang Padang where the sheltered bay and the channel in the reef provide the best setup for learning to surf in Bali.

Aside from the local monkeys, our beginners group had Padang Padang beach to themselves this morning for their first lessons of the day. Just after dawn they headed less than 1km to our local break where waves were coming through glassy and between knee and waist-high — the perfect size for building confidence and working on their pop-ups.

Having Padang Padang as our local break means we’re often first in the water and smaller crowds means more waves for everybody and faster progress.

After the quick ride back to camp for breakfast, our beginners got to relax for a short while before they returned to Padang Padang for their second session of surf lessons for the day.

Balangan was the location chosen by our expert instructors and spot selectors for today’s beginner and intermediate surfing lessons.

Like many of the breaks in the surf camp’s local area, the different sections of the Balangan reef have distinct characteristics which are each suited to different ability levels. This means that, on days like today, both beginner and intermediate surfers can enjoy waves that are perfectly suited to each of them at the same beach.

Waves were coming through between knee and head-high today and everybody had a lot of fun in the November morning sun.

It was another beautiful morning for learning to surf here on Bali’s Bukit peninsular as our two beginner groups headed off to Balangan beach for their surfing lessons.

The knee-high waves — expertly selected by our instructors — were the perfect beginner-friendly introduction for our surfers building their confidence and skills in the water.

For their second session of the day, our beginners groups will either surf at Balangan again or the surf camp’s local break at Padang Padang.

This morning our beginners group continued to improve their skills and have fun while having surf lessons at Padang Padang beach. Conditions are nice today, fresh offshore wind in the early morning and waves are waist high to chest high or shoulder high on some sets. With detailed guidelines and assistance provided by our surf instructors together with passion of our learners about surfing, their skills improvement will not keep itself waiting. That is why our surf lessons is the most practical and effective way to learn surfing.