Ability Level: Beginner

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.

This morning our beginner group headed to Balangan for their surf lessons — one of the most picturesque, palm-fringed beaches on the Bukit peninsular.

As you can see from today’s gallery, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was our beginners’ group as they’ve all already progressed from the whitewater to riding along Balangan’s open faces.

Today’s waves were coming through in the chest to shoulder-high range and providing the perfect balance of challenging but safe conditions to help our surfers progress as quickly as possible.

The surf camp’s beginner surfing lessons took place at our local break this morning — down the road at Padang Padang Rights.

The sun was shining, the winds were light and the waves were coming through glassy and in the waist to shoulder high range.

As our beginners were experimenting with their first turns, there were even a few larger, hollower waves that sneaked through and everyone had a great time.

While the beginners were at Padang Padang, our intermediate and advanced surfers headed to Uluwatu for their first session before everybody joined up to exchange stories of their morning adventures over breakfast back at camp.

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.

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 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.

With a big swell hitting Bali’s shores today, our beginner group headed for the sheltered safety of Jimbaran Bay for their surf lessons this morning.

Wave height today was perfect for learning to surf in Bali at knee- to waist-high — ideal for our beginners to get their first experience progressing from whitewater to riding the faces of green waves.

Whatever the conditions, our experienced surfing instructors will always find the best and most suitable waves on offer each day for our beginner, intermediate and advanced groups.