Balangan Surf Report and Spot Info

Great fun at Balangan today, perfect size for intermediates. It has been a long and wet rainy season, worst for a long time. March is now here and the rain is mostly behind us and we can now settle into some sunny sessions on the west coast of the bukit.

This morning we headed down the road to Balangan on the west coast of the Bukit Peninsular where the waves were perfect for the intermediate surfers.

Breaking between knee and shoulder-high, there were mainly lefts as you’d expect from a reef-point break but the occasional few right-handers were sneaking through as well.

Tomorrow, we’re expecting the swell to be a similar size or slightly smaller so plenty of waves around for all abilities to enjoy.

With the swell peaking this morning, the south coast spots were maxed-out as expected, so we headed for the cover of the Bukit Peninsular’s west coast

Even at more sheltered spots, the waves were breaking well overhead with a tow crew in the water at Balangan. Our advanced group settled on Impossibles as the spot to surf at where the large swell was serving up huge green walls and long, leg-aching rides.

After a low-tide sunset session at famous Padang Padang this afternoon, the swell should start to decline for another day of great waves tomorrow.

The intermediate surfers ventured to Balangan this morning — one of the most picturesque, palm-fringed beaches on the Bukit Peninsular

The swell hitting Bali was a little smaller than yesterday so waves were breaking down the Balangan point between knee and head-high as all ages of surfer were out enjoying the waves.

For today’s second session, the intermediate group will head to Dreamland for the low-tide sunset session.

Balangan was the spot of choice for the intermediate surfers this morning and we took the camera along to capture some of the action.

Waves were breaking from around waist high to head high on sets and, although they were a little lumpy and bumpy, there were plenty of clean waves to go around.

Balangan can often be a tricky and fast wave when it’s a nice size for intermediate surfers, but on days like today, you can still enjoy a relatively shorter ride and practice your take-offs, cutbacks and turns.

It’s never too early to start planning your next trip to Bali, so until we can welcome you back, we hope you’ll continue to check our regular surf reports, and for news on the situation here, you should follow our updates over on Facebook

It was a cloudy and slightly blustery start to the day as we headed to Balangan for this morning’s first surf session

With a good sized swell hitting Bali at the moment, sets between shoulder and head-high were wrapping into the bay at Balangan and peeling down the reef for the small crowd of surfers to enjoy

We’re expecting the waves to be similar tomorrow before a new larger swell starts building through Wednesday and Thursday

It’s never too early to start planning your next trip to Bali, so until we can welcome you back, we hope you’ll continue to check our regular surf reports, and for news on the situation here, you should follow our updates over on Facebook

With the closure of several local beaches, Balangan was the only one in the area that wasn’t locked-down this morning so our intermediate group had no choice but to surf both of their lessons there today.

Although it was busier than it might otherwise have been, there were plenty of small but fun waves breaking around waist high and everybody enjoyed lots of long rides in the sunny conditions.

Tomorrow is Nyepi — Bali’s famous yearly day of silence — so we’ll see you back here in 48 hours!

It was a struggle to find some waves this morning as, unfortunately, it was one of those rare occasions where there wasn’t much in the way of swell arriving at Bali’s shores.

Our beginner and intermediate group decided to make the best of what what was available and surfed at Balangan where the sun was shining and the waves were very clean but only breaking in the knee to chest-high range on most sets.

This was perfect for our beginners but our intermediates are looking forward to the next few days when a fresh swell will be arriving to supply us with some bigger waves.