Black Stone Surf Report and Spot Info

The east coast of Bali, with its white-sand beaches and crystal clear water, is often overlooked by the everyday surfer who prefers to stay close to the hotspots like Canggu and Uluwatu. Especially in the rainy season, it is worth the drive to the other side of the Bukit, because of the offshore wind conditions.

When the waves are huge, you can find sheltered spots if you don’t like triple overhead bombs getting on your head. If it’s smaller like today, there are plenty of more exposed surf spots with fewer crowds and lots of waves. This particular left is situated right next to a mushroom-shaped rock. You can find multiple peaks here, from left to right breaking waves, everything is on offer. Today the left was the best choice and everyone got their fix of waves for the day.

Our intermediate surfing group went this morning to Black Stone. The conditions were okay with a little bit of wind. Only the combination of low tide and smaller swell than forecasted was suboptimal, leading to knee to hip high waves.

Also today the group stayed out for breakfast and returned for the second session to Black Stone.

After a day of rain yesterday the sun was shining again today as our beginner and intermediate groups joined up to surf at Black Stone in Nusa Dua.

Conditions were clean with waves breaking in the knee to chest high range for the duration of the surf lessons and guiding session this morning.

After everybody was surfed out, they all headed back to camp to feast on delicious fresh tuna poke bowls and refuel for tomorrow.

After a last-minute change of plan, our ever-adaptable surf instructors took our beginner and intermediate groups over to Black Stone at Nusa Dua this morning for their first session of group and private surf lessons.

With the wind having swung around, our local spots weren’t breaking as cleanly as expected but on the other side of the Bukit peninsular wind was light and offshore and the waves were lovely and clean.

Waves were breaking in the knee to chest high range and everybody had a great session.

Black Stone in Nusa Dua was the location for our beginners‘ first session of group and private lessons this morning as they ventured out from surf camp in search of some learner-friendly waves.

It was a little windy, so the waves weren’t as clean as they might have been but the size — between knee and waist-high — was perfect for gaining confidence and working on developing a consistent popup.

After breakfast, the group surfed their second session again at Black Stone, before heading back to camp to enjoy our delicious weekly BBQ.

This morning our intermediate group made the trip from Padang Padang across the Bukit peninsular to Mengiat Beach at Nusa Dua — just along from Black Stone where our groups have been surfing the past few days — for their first surfing lessons of the day.

Conditions were a little messy and it wasn’t the brighest of days but everyone had plenty of opportunitues to practice trimming along the waves and making their first turns.

After a break for breakfast our intermediates joined with the beginner groups to surf Black Stone while our advanced guiding group surfed twice at Geger Right.

This morning out beginners group headed to Black Stone at Nusa Dua for a combination of group, semi-private and private surfing lessons.

The group experienced the full range of Balinese weather during their session — from bright sunshine to torrential downpour — but enjoyed every minute.

Elsewhere at the surf camp today our intermediate group are also surfing at Nikko and Geger Left in the Nusa Dua area while our advanced guiding group are off adventuring in the Keramas area.

It’s officially wet season as all four vans from surf camp headed over to Nusa Dua in search of great waves and favourable winds.

As you can see from the gallery, our beginners started at Black Stone where they will also surf their second session and waves were coming through in the knee to chest-high range with the offshore wind keeping everything nice and clean.

Our intermediate group started their day up the road at Geger Left before joining the others at Black Stone after breakfast and our advanced surf guiding surfed twice at Geger Right.