26th Jan ’10
****AFTERNOON SURF UP-DATE****
Hi folks and thanks for waiting around for us to get back from our little surfing excursion up to Balian today.
The usual routine was followed for these trips, up at 4.30am, coffee and shower and then load the car up and hit the road. And for the first time of how many trips I’ve down up that highway the traffic was amazingly sedate (for Balinese roads anyway).
Pulling into the parking area we were pretty happy to see waves rolling through in the head to well over head high range and peeling off left and right. Light off-shore wind coming out of the North @ 1-3knot and only half a handful of other surfers already in the water. What more can I say…
Weather wise it was gloomy with cloud cover and intermitant rain through the morning before the sun busted out and started to suck the moisture back outta the ground for a very hot and humid afternoon.
Tidal info just for the record had a 1.0mtr Low @ 11.00am and then she’ll be running back up for a 2.0mtr High around 6.00pm.
Ok I’m pretty wasted right now and can still see that broken white line down the middle of the road. So enjoy the photos and Slim will be back with another round of Bali surf and weather info for ya’s again tomorrow.
Swell Forecast for the period 23rd Jan through till the 29th Jan isn’t looking real crash hot. Today Saturday is showing wave height to be still holding in the 2-3ft+ range on the more open swell locations. Sunday see’s wave height dropping off into the 1-3ft+ class before fading out to 1-2ft come Monday afternoon. Tuesday see’s a small bump in size putting us back into the 2-3ft range, that will hopefully hold through Wednesday. Thursday through to next Saturday and it’ll be back to 1-2ft+. NB: 2-3ft is equivilant to waist to head high surf. So nothing spectacular for Bali wave standards but still we should be able to find a wave or two if you know where and when to look. Plus who knows what may pop onto the radar between now and next week ?.
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