Bali Surf & Weather report
18th – 19th April 2022
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Hello everyone and thanks again for staying tuned to the baliwaves (the original Bali surf report website since back in 1999).
Hey well we finally got back out on the road again on the 18th. I had been hanging out for another run back up the West Coast and with all indicators pointing towards perfect waves what better time to do it. Leaving home a good hour before sun rise we found our way up the old familiar highway. It was just on 6.30am when we swapped the hustle bustle of the highway for the sleepy one lane traffic of our host for the day, smiles all round. I really do mean smiles all round. As every person man woman and child we pass always smiles and gives the mandatory “Hi” or “met pagi” on the short drive from the turn off to the car pack at Ayu’s Warung.
These images I’ve loaded up, well the majority anyway are frame grabs from video footage that Ketut took while I was out in the water. Wave height on sets was pushing the double head high mark but most of the waves coming through were in the near perfect head to overhead high class. I surfed for a good two and half hours, probably closer to 3 hours the way my arms and shoulders were feeling later that night. Due to the distance from home and the possibility of thick traffic we loaded the boards back on the roof and prepared for a longer slower trip back home around midday.
Only 5-6 surfers in the water when we paddled out in the morning with the crowd peaking at maybe 25 surfers but the time we were sitting in Ayu’s Warung for the after-surf feast. Surfing conditions were off so goof. Light off shore wind early that just glassed off leaving oily clean waves right through our session. We really did score some of the best waves I’ve ever seen at this place.
On the 19th we thought we would sneak around to the other side of the Airport runway and try get some right’s close to home. It was a midday high tide so we couldn’t hit on the dawn patrol as “The Right” needs a bit of water covering the living coral reef. By the time we dropped anchor in the channel it was looking pretty good with clean chest to well over head high waves with a light off shore wind.
However, we were like Robinson Crusoe and on our own, there was already a solid contingency of learner surfers. But the section that we propped on had a pretty friendly crew and we managed to get a few waves. In fact we were just getting comfortable when a nasty thunder squall blew in from the South. We could see it brewing in the Nusa Dua area. Just getting darker and darker and we knew we would soon be scrambling back to the safety of the boat. That’s exactly what happened. Only first the wind hit us and totally blew out the waves making it impossible to surf. We only just made it back into the boat as the rain started to fall hard and as we motored away we could hear the distant rumbling and the flash of lightning.
Today the 20th and wave height between Kuta Reef and Airport left as predicted did drop off slightly in size. Only 2-3 footers breaking on the Outer reefs with clean off shore wind. With the drop in wave height the learners and surf schools really rallied hard for big crowds and mayhem on all sections from Kuta reef to Airport Right.
Weather wise today it wasn’t too bad this morning with just some light cloud cover for starters. But shortly after midday the sky started to thicken up with rain cloud and started raining around 2.pm. It’s still raining right now at 4.30p and the wind has calmed but still light off shore out of the East. Temperature wise the mercury is on 27C and Humidity at 82%.
The next tide today will be a 0.3mtr reef exposing Low at 6.28pm
Tomorrows Swell Forecast is calling for wave to be just shaving off a smidgen, but there should still be a few waves breaking at the better locations. Possibly a little more swell showing on the East Coast of Bali. Light and variable wind mostly along the West Coast but fresh NE wind over on the East Coast.
The money changers here in Tuban were today offering Rp10,350 for 1AU$.
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