Man, it was smoking @ Uluwatu today……….

14th March ’10……… I mean 15th March 2010
****MIDDAY SURF UP-DATE****
Hello surfers and thanks for dropping by your baliwaves.com for todays Sunday Session on surfing and weather conditions here on the happy little holiday island of Bali.

Well as ya’s can see in the photos I loaded up last night we did make the afternoon run down to Uluwatu to catch the bottom of the tide. Even though it was the lower end it wasn’t a reef exposer so there were still ridable waves on the Main Peak and further down the reef at Temple’s. When we first arrived wave height was only in the 1-2ft+ range but just as the tide started to push back we scored our predicted little boost in size.

So it wasn’t long and wave height had jumped to a slightly more respectable 2-3ft+. There was only 18 surfers in the water, but numbers did increase with the rising tide, up to somewhere in the mid 40’s, but that’s spread out from Temple’s through the Main Peak and into the Racetrack. We also hung out and scored a classic Bali sunset around 6.40pm with a view from the cliff side warungs.

Speaking of numbers in the water, I read on a Sydney based surfing website forum this morning about a couple of not in the know surfers knocking Bali as being way to crowded. What a laugh, If you put a wave half as good as Uluwatu in Sydney there’d be 400 surfers, 200 long boarders, 150 body boarders and probably 50 stand up paddler’s on it everyday. That would be the kettle calling the pot black…. So if you want a Real Surfing holiday Bali is with out a doubt your best bet.  ; ) Just back track through our surf report archives and count how many days it was flat in Bali in the last 12 months LOL.

This mornings surf check on the Outer reefs (wind and swell indicators) was showing that wave height infact peaked through the middle of the night and has faded back into the wasit to waist high plus region between Kuta Reef and Airport Left. I’ve called a lay day for myself as I think I can afford to wait for the next expected swell to start showing around Tuesday. Hopefully our friends at Hendra Surf Photography down at Uluwatu will be dropping off some fresh photos of Ulu today later this evening.

Looking for a wave today Uluwatu would be the place to start at and I’m sure you would still be able to find some clean waist to head high plus waves, with clean off-shore wind coming out of the ESE @ 5-8knot.

Tidal info for today has a 2.0mtr High @ 10.00am and then she’ll be running out for a 0.6mtr Low around 4.00pm. Next Moon Phase is going to be a New one tomorrow the 15th.

Weather wise it’s strictly board shorts and bikini’s again today with blue sky and sunshine only. Temperature wise we should get up to around the 34 degree Celsius mark while the water temp is an honest 24 degree’s Celsius.

Hari Nypie, just another reminder to ya’s about Nypie Day which is going to be happening on the 16th of March. The perfect day of rest and recuperation for the planet. No cars, no lights, no industry, no polution. But… no surfing either, everyone must stay in doors. Imagine if your city / country could shut down for just 1 day…..

Swell forecast for the following week is showing that we should see another small spike in wave size on Wednesday. Then fading back out through Thursday and then not much left for Friday and Saturday. Sunday morning looks like another small spike filling that should hold through Monday. Then late Monday afternoon come Tuesday morning see’s the start of a more moderate swell marching in towards Bali.

Special offer; The G-Land Surf Camp is offering anying who would like to go into their surf camp (No.1 in 2009, most guests) a 15% discount and an accommodation up grade for their first trip this season. The trip will leave Bali on the 15th of March around 11.00am. So if you want to be in the surf (uncrowded) at G-land and not stuck in your hotel on Nypie Day (16th March), then you better contact the crew at the G-Land Surf Camp ASAP at www.g-landsurfcamp.com In fact you had better rock on straight down to their office and sign up today, last chance.

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Best Regards from Bali

Slim