Canggu all the way down to Uluwatu 7th – 8th August 2014

BALI
7th – 8th August 2014
Hi folks and thanks again for cruising by the baliwaves (doing what w do since 1999) for the latest news and best views on surfing and weather conditions from here on the happy little holiday island of Bali and some of the other best surfing destinations in Indonesia as well.

Ok so yesterdays surf check on the Outer Reefs here in Tuban was showing wave height to be still a very consistent 2-4ft between Kuta Reef and Airport Left. I had a close up view as we pushed our boat out through the channel at Airports. The tide was just on the top at the time so Airport left and Kuta Reef were both producing some nice fun sized waves in the chest to just over head high range. There was also no shortage of surfers at Kuta Reef but only a handful on Airport Left. Surfing conditions were clean but with the off shore SE Trade wind already gusting up to 15knot.

BTW today’s photo gallery was shot by Ketut who took the camera equipment for an early morning trip up to Canggu and then to Batu Bolong just to the south of Echo beach.

My fishing buddy and I headed south down to Uluwatu and as we got closer we could see a huge flock of birds circling up high so things were looking good. Uluwatu was pushing through wave height in the 3-5ft+ sector and looking good. We hung around at Ulu until a big school of Bonito Tuna busted up on the surface chomping into the smaller bait fish. Unfortunately we were too far away and out of range, by the time we got close the school of fish had gone down again but a couple of our friends were still hooked up with rods bent.

From there we cruised back down towards Padang Padang and Impossibles and there was plenty of swell hitting Impossibles but nor much on offer at Padang x 2. And not much happening fish wise either. So cruising back to Bingin we spotted a little bit of fish and bird activity on the surface so we shut down the motor and waited. Bingin was also cranking with some solid 3ft backs and around 15 or so surfers on it. While we were waiting Nyoman and I thought we’d try a bit of Jigging and pretty well on our first try we both hooked up to a couple of good sized Golden Trevelly. It wasn’t long and we had 17 of them in the boat and then just for good measure a school busted up right near our boat and with a quick flick of my rod we had another one in the boat.

Weather wise yesterday it was pretty hard core out in the boat with a mainly cloudy sky and the Trade wind gusting past the 20knot mark. But it was well worth the effort and we’ll be BBQ’ing fish tonight.

This morning the 8th and our 6.45AM surf check on the Outer Reefs was still putting wave height in the 2-4ft range between Kuta Reef and Airport Left. Surfing conditions were clean and tidy with the Trade wind starting to wind up in strength.

Ketut has called through from down at Uluwatu calling wave height to be pumping through in the 3-5ft+ range with clean off shore wind. Right now he is over looking Bingin and Impossibles finally re installing our new up dated Web Cam router. So hopefully we’ll have this back on line in the very near future.

Weather wise this morning it’s a 50/50 cloud and blue sky start to the day and right now at 9.45AM the temperature is a warm 27 degree’s Celsius, Humidity level is on 75%. Wind direction is out of the East at 10 – 15knot.

Also coming on the baliwaves today we will finally have our 175 strong photo gallery from the first rounds of this years RipCurl Padang Padang Cup on line for ya’s. Then I’ve got more G-land, Mentawai’s and a tonne of Bingin photos to get through so stay tuned to the Original Bali surf report website (keep an eye on RECENT POSTS).

Emergency Call, if any one knows a Steven (Harry) Hunter here in bali please pass on the news that it is very important that he calls home ASAP.

Real Estate, we also have a new listing on the baliwaves for a small surf camp over in the Phillipines over looking un crowded perfect waves so if this is what your looking for check it out here https://www.baliwaves.com/for-sale/

Don’t forget baliwaves is still offering anyone of you a 10% discount on a surfing adventure into Joyo’s G-Land Surf Camp and the best waves of your life.

I know a guy that wants to sell 25% share of a resort in the Mentawai Islands, directly in front of Lances Left. You can see what the deal is at: http://www.surfersjournal.com/surf_property/kingfisher

Business / Bali lifestyle opportunity available; furnished 14 room / bungalow hotel with restaurant over looking one of Bali’s very popular all year round surfing locations. 1-30yr contract available, help with all paper work. Contact me only if your seriously interested. AU$16,000. per year (minimum 5 years Nego) with 12 months advertising space on baliwaves.com included !
This hotel would make a perfect Surf Camp.

Special Bali ACCOMMODATION / SURFING DEAL: AIR CONDITIONED ROOM including BREAKFAST, un limited mineral water + DAILY SURF TRIPS all around Bali for Rp650,000 (around US$60.00) per day per person INCLUDING ALL YOUR SURFING PHOTOS, THAT WE SHOOT AT EACH LOCATION !!! This is single surfer price, cheaper for 2 or more surfers at Rp550,000 (around US$50.00) per surfer per day.
BRING YOUR (non surfing) GIRLFRIEND or WIFE and she can stay for FREE

Feel free to contact us via email about your next trip to Bali and we might just be able to help make it run a little smoother for you.

Best Regards from Bali

Slim

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