13th May 09
****AFTERNOON SURF UP-DATE****
Howdy crew and welcome back to the baliwaves.com for the big picture on whats happening surf and weather wise here on the happy little holiday island of Bali.
Well I didn’t think I’d be filling a report for ya’s today but dedication got the better of me so… This mornings surf check on the Outer Reefs here in Tuban wasn’t really showing a hellova lot more than what we had yesterday. With only 2-2ft+ of swell breaking between Kuta Reef and Airport Left. But still enough to provide a few waves for the surfers not willing to search anywhere else.
Looking for a wave today ya could have looked on either side of the island with the light and variable wind we had. Then when the Tradewind kicked in Uluwatu would have been producing the best size and power.
Surfing conditions this morning were how ever the same as yesterdays with the wind blowing light on-shore out of the WNW @ 1-4knot. Still clean enough but not perfect conditions. It wasn’t until around 10.30am the ESE-SE Tradewind kicked in tidying things up with off-shore wind between Kuta and Uluwatu.
Our daily 7.00am sms surf report from the G-land Surf Camp was saying wave height was still showing in the 4-5ft+ range at Kongs and Money Tree’s and like Bali the wind was also light on-shore at the time of their report.
Tidal info for today is calling a 0.6mtr Low @ 6.00am and then another reef smoothering 2.6mtr High @ 12.00noon. Then running back out for a reef exposing 0.2mtr Low around sunset time.
Weather wise today around the Tuban / Kuta area it’s been hot and sunny with non stop blue sky. Currently at 3.00pm the temperature would still be sitting on the 30 degree Celsius mark.
I’d also just like to mention that the Dewi Sri “live seafood” restaurant here in Tuban is once again under the control of the original owner and back to serving up the freshest seafood in Bali. If you want to give it a try tell em baliwaves.com sent ya down to sample a free plate of their live prawns. Plus starting from today the owner wants all you sporting type surfers coming in and try your luck and maybe win some free seafood. There’s going to be 3 different sporting options for you to choose. 1/ Play the owner (Nyoman) or Slim in chess and win and you’ll win a seafood banquet for two people or anything up to the value of Rp300,000. 2/ hit the bullseye on our dart board and win a Rp100,000 discount off your meal, three throws to hit the bull. 3/ cut the cards and find an Ace and receive a Rp200,000. discount off your meal. Not too mention HAPPY HOUR from 5-7pm everyday you can get ice cold beers Large Rp20,000 and small Rp12,000. These offers are only for our baliwaves.com supporters.
If your planning a trip to Bali this year (and I know you are !!) feel free to drop me an email if you want a helping hand organising anything.
Ok friends have a good one and we’ll be back out there tomorrow hunting up some new material to feed the Bali dreams.
L8R
Slim
wayan cres hd says
good on you slim, ,thanks for the great bali reports each day. counting the days until next march when i can hopefully get into the waves. hope you have a great birthday and your family is keeping well. over here we are coming up to our 20th year of crescent head malibu classic and hope some of the bali gods can drum up some great point waves for us. hope to catch up with you and the crew one day. terima kashih wayne and denise. creshead.
NZ Deano says
Happy Birthday Jim. Say Hi to the family for me and have some Bintangs for yourself!
Dan says
happy birthday buddy… thanx for keeping up the great report everyday, it keeps me going all the time yill i can get there next!!!… have a good one!!!.
tristan says
howzit slim, nice photos, could we hook and get some from you….!laters tristan. sa.
slim says
No worries Tristan, send me an email through the “contact us” link.