19th July 09
****End of the Day Surf Up-Date****
Hi crew and thanks for dropping into the baliwaves.com for the final word on todays surfing and weather conditions here on the happy little holiday island of Bali. And thanks to Hendra and his Team of photographers for these latest photos taken down at Uluwatu.
Yeah a bit of a late one today but I’ve only just got back to Home Base after a big day out on the water chasing Tuna and Trevally. We put the boat (traditional double outrigger style) in the water around 9.00am this morning and motored out and around Kuta Reef where wave height was a consistent but small 1-2ft+ with around a dozen surfers in the line up. Going past Middle Reef wave height was slightly bigger, more like in the waist to head high class. While Airport Left was also in the waist to chest high range on the sets. Heading South past balangan there would have at least been 25+ surfers in the water with wave height around 2-2ft+. There wasn’t much breaking on Bingin at the time as the tide was still a bit too high. Likewise at Impossible’s and flat at Padang Padang. Further down the line at Uluwatu there was a solid crowd in the water with wave height in the 2-4ft range.
Surfing conditions through the morning were clean and glassy with the wind blowing light on-shore out of the NW. It wasn’t until around late morning that the ESE-SE Tradewind kicked in with clean off-shore wind between Kuta and Uluwatu.
Weather wise we were off to a mainly cloudy start through the morning but my midday nothing but blue sky and sunshine along the beach.
Our daily sms from the good guys over at the G-land Surf Camp was calling more perfect waves at G-land with wave height in the 3-5ft range peeling down the reef from Money Tree’s.
G-land; Ok the 10% discount for the early bookings into the G-Land Surf Camp has finished but I’ve spoken with the boss and he’s still prepared to give anyone who mentions baliwaves.com a 5% discount on standard, twin share and fan bungalows and a 10% discount on their air conditioned bungalows. Just mention baliwaves.com at their office and you’ll get money back in your pocket.
And don’t forget to drop me a line if your looking for some surfer friendly accommodation here in Bali. Right here at Home Base we have single rooms for US$15.00, US$18.00 couple’s & US$25.00 for a twin share room. All rooms have Air conditioning, hot and cold water, tv, refridgerator and large private bathroom. 300mtrs back from the beach in fron of the Outer reefs here in Tuban.
Swell Forecast; Ok here’s my interpretation of whats going to be happening surf wise over the next week. Today (Saturday) see’s wave height holding in the 2-4ft+ range around Bali and slightly bigger on East Java (G-Land). Sunday we may get a small pulse as the tide starts to push back in through the afternoon but basicall still the smae size as today. Tuesday morning and wave height is dropping off back into the 1-3ft range depending on location. Then while everyone is sleeping on Tuesday night there’s be a very solid system moving onto our reef breaks with huge waves for Wednesday morning (Padang Padang). Thursday and wave height is still pretty big through the early morning before fading out ast through the rest of the day. Then Saturday see’s wave height back down in the 2-4ft range depending on location. Further out there is another smaller system moving in but a bit far out to be certain of size and period.
Ok thats all from me today I’ve got fish to BBQ.and a 16month old son to play with. I’ll check out the exchange rates for ya’s and let ya’s know what they are doing on tomorrows surf and weather up-date.
Best Regards from Bali
Slim
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