Ability Level: Intermediate

Very light winds this morning but Uluwatu was a bit messy and Bingin was too small. We decided to drive the 20 minutes over to Nusa Dua where it was sunny and light offshore winds, and decided on Mengiat for a change. Only 3 people in the water and breaking very good at the start of the session. Crowd got up to a maximum of around 6 or 7 people and there were plenty of head high waves for everyone.

The wave is an A frame peak breaking left and right, and quite “peaky and bowly” due to shallow water on the reef, and deep water at the edge of the reef. It’s similar to some of the breaks at Mentawais and in a very beautiful location. The lefts are more user friendly as takes you into a channel with the current helping you get back into the spot. There is quite a lot of current running down from Geger, so the rights are harder work as you got to paddle against the current to get into position. A bunch of good lefts was the order of the day.

What a great late-morning surf session today! Nusa Dua lived up to it’s expectations and offshore wind conditions made the waves perfect. Long, clean faces of the waves offered plenty of opportunities for airs, big turns and even some barrels.

With a bigger swell arriving tomorrow and a change of wind direction on Tuesday, the whole next week looks very promising.

A medium size swell from the south and wind from the west are good indicators, that the east coast is the place to go today. Nusa Dua is known for it’s clean water, white sand beaches and long perfect waves. With a gentle to moderate offshore wind blowing, the left breaking wave at Geger was the perfect choice.

Clean walls and steep sections of the wave offered great opportunities for big turns and the occasional air. Steep, fast take-offs and en even faster inside section make this wave so fun, but challenging to ride. With consistent, shoulder- to head high sets, every surfer out in the line-up got enough waves to be stoked for the rest of the day.

A small, low periodic swell made us go down to the south of the Bukit again. This well-known spot is a swell magnet and even with the westerly wind blowing, there were plenty of clean faces to ride.

Occasionally some overhead sets cleaned up the line-up and made it difficult to paddle back out. Given the strong side current, conditions were challenging but worth the paddle once you were on a wave.

With the swell dropping today, it is time again for the southerly Bukit. Catching a lot of swell, this spot hardly ever disappoints. Fun, juicy lefts are peeling over this reef and a wide channel helps you to get back in the line-up with no hassle.

On small to medium sized days, this wave offers challenging but user-friendly rides while on bigger days it transforms into a heavy wall of water – for experts only!

While most people come here for surfing, the white sand beach and many warungs make this spot a famous tourist attraction.

The promising forecast for Uluwatu today let us down and we decided to check out Nusa Dua which favors westerly winds. We were greeted by shoulder high offshore conditions!
Fun righthanders run over this reef section and when the tide is low you can get some of the best barrels Bali has to offer. Today there were no barrels to snatch but it was super fun and not too crowded which made this trip to the east coast totally worth it.

The small days are almost over and a new bigger swell is finally on the horizon. Still, it hasn’t yet arrived and so we ventured down to Nyang Nyang where we had plenty of nice looking A-frames on offer. Consistently incoming sets made everyone getting enough rides to practice snaps and cut-backs.

Rainy season has it’s good sides since you don’t always need to wake up early to score clean waves. Very light winds and cloudy weather are ideal for surfing into the late mornings, avoiding the early bird crowd. The conditions late in the afternoon are often glassy and perfect for a sunset session.

Light winds and head high waves this morning, but there was a squall overnight, which disrupted the waves and made conditions challenging. There were some good rides to be had, but quite difficult conditions, and a change from normal clean conditions. We decided to have a quick surf as always good to get wet. The forecast says the wind will change direction, so we will see how it looks after the tide turns, and maybe go back to Uluwatu for 2nd session, or take a trip over to the East coast for some Nusa Dua action.