BALI / Indonesia
7th – 8th July 2018
Hello surfies and thanks for dropping into the baliwaves (The original Bali surf report website since back in 1999) for our latest news and best possible views. From right here on the World’s No.1 tropical surfing holiday destination and gateway to Indonesia’s surfing paradise, Bali.
Actually now I look at it I think baliwaves.com is the only surviving daily surf report website of any worth left on the internet. There was another site before called Indosurf but they packed up and went back home late last year. I can actually remember borrowing a phone line from my local warung, pulling their phone line out and plugging it into my laptop to get “dial up” while sitting on sacks of rice to get baliwaves up dated around 20 years ago, not much has changed but we still love doing what we do, and hope that you are enjoying it just as much.
Anyway here’s a solid photo gallery from where we have been the last couple of days featuring both Uluwatu and Balangan. Both located down on the South end of Bali’s West coast and both have powerful waves that break over a ancient lava flow bottom that is hard and sharp (at times). The first part of our gallery was shot using our 600MM lens from a distance of maybe 200mtrs while the second half at Balangan we were using our 1000mm from the same distance. The bummer was that it was pretty much overcast on both days and not the best conditions for photography. But as the photo’s show it’s been pumping down there and pretty well all along Bali’s West Coast while the ESE Trade wind has been blowing hard off shore.
Today the 9th and my 7.00AM surf check on the Outer Reefs of Tuban was not looking too good. Wave height between Kuta Reef and Airport Left was only just showing in the 1-2ft class between Kuta Reef and Airport Left. Surfing conditions were clean and tidy with ESE Trade wind just starting to kick in. The surf schools armed with their blue soft tops were frothing at it and to tell the truth it was perfect for the push in learners.
Weather wise out there this morning it’s been mostly over cast and righty now at 10.15AM the temperature has just reached 28 degree’s Celsius. The ESE Trade wind has also kicked in with some strong gusts up to 15-18knot.
The next tide today will be a 0.7mtr Low at 1.14PM.
Swell predictions, tomorrow (fingers crossed) we should seen a bump in wave height, nothing massive but a little more than what we have today anyway. Then around the 14-15th of this month a much bigger swell should smack into us here in Bali.
Changing dollars to Rupiah on the streets of Bali, –1US$=Rp14,125 –1AU$=Rp420 —
Our Fitness Guru Clive from “Ask Clive” has also sent us through another great article on keeping in shape and staying paddle fit, so make sure you check out Clive’s fitness tips.
https://www.baliwaves.com/category/news/surf-fitness/
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Nikko says
Sitting on sacks of rice to get a phone line for dial up internet…. Classic mate!
Thanks for all your work over the years!!!
The pictures have been and still are amazing!
Am sure people don’t know how difficult things can get here…
Nothing should be taken for granted, even the simplest of things; as am sure you know…
🙂