East Coast Bali, Serangan 22nd March 2011

21st – 22nd March 2011
****AFTERNOON SURF UP DATE****
Hello surfers and welcome back to your baliwaves (’99) for the latest news on surfing and weather conditions from here on the No.1 surfing holiday destination of Bali.

Well as I was mentioning through my twitter up dates yesterday it was pretty much a waste of time and petrol to go out on a wave hunt. But today knowing there was a new swell in transit to Bali we thought we’d go for a sticky beak over to Serangan. Not the best conditions this morning with heavy rain through the night and continuing through until around 10.15AM this morning. Needless to say there was some serious road flooding in the Kuta to Legian area’s.

We stalled our visit hoping to give the new swell a chance to start showing, arriving at Serangan around the 11.00AM mark. On first glimpse the boys were happy to see a head high set roll through, but with the wind blowing cross shore out of the WSW @ 6 – 9knot. There was only 15 surfers in this usually packed when small surf location and the odd left and right hander mushing out the front of the warungs (cafes).

Around midday or shortly there after our new swell did start to show itself and wave height was increasing with each new batch of sets. By the time we had to pack up wave height was pushing over head to almost double head high. But by this time the number of surfers had increased into the 50's. There was also a Russian surf school just turning up to learn to surf as the swell was arriving.

Tomorrow is looking good for some better waves and hopefully some cleaner conditions, so make sure you drop in again to see what’s happening here on the island of the God’s.

Tidal info has us down for a 0.2mtr Low @ 6.00AM then flooding back in for a massive 2.6mtr High @ midday, then finishing off with another reef exposing 0.1mtr Low around the 6.00PM mark.

Weather wise like I mentioned it was pretty ugly last night and into this morning with flash flooding in the streets. But by 11.00Am the sun was out and sucking the moisture back out of the ground for a hot and humid afternoon.

Swell forecast for this week is looking real good for the lucky buggers already here in Bali. We should see 2 to 3 new swells pretty much back to back over the next 7 days. But we can continue to expect the wind to be coming out of the W – SW quadrant for at least the best part of it.

Changing dollars to Rupiah on the streets of Kuta (Bemo Corner) — 1AU$=Rp8,710 — 1US$=Rp8,680 –

Good news for any of you that want to get over to the legendary location of G-Land this year as baliwaves.com will still be dishing out a solid 15% discount off their advertised prices for the G-Land Surf Camp. All camps at G-Land will be re opening in March 2011 so if you want some un crowded G-Land get in early. Make sure you contact us first if you want that 15% rebate back in your pocket.

NEW SERVICE For baliwaves surfer(s) (1 -3 only) who want nothing but a safe and secure surfing holiday in Bali. We can now offer the complete surfing package for Bali. This includes airport transfers, accommodation, breakfast. daily surf information and transport to the best waves available (local knowledge) with your own personal surfing photographer. What more do you need for Rupiah 4,500,000. (+- US$450.00 for 1 surfer, Rupiah 4,000,000. (per surfer) for 2 surfers & Rupiah 3,750,000. (per surfer) for 3 surfers per week. Just contact us to get the REAL Bali experience !
Accommodation includes; AIR CONDITIONED room with double bed. Hot and cold water in bathroom. International cable TV, DVD player and Playstation 2. For  breakfast, your choice of egg’s, sausage, tomato on toast or banana pancakes / fruit salad + tea or coffee, plus mineral drinking water. Daily surf info and transport to the best waves on Bali (to suit) in new air conditioned car. Airport transfers to and from airport. Not to mention all the surfing photos your going to get buffed out with !!!

We’ve also been playing around with our “Surf Spots” page where we are currently up-dating with more locations, and an extra bonus of Bali street maps. So go and get yourself lost in there !

Night club danger; New’s came through to me of an Australian having the shit kicked out of him by no less than 6 security staff in a Kuta night club. Apparantly the English owners of the bar gave the order to the security staff…. Caruso’s, Cruso’s, (some name like that anyway) Bar in Kuta.

Best Regards in Surfing

Slim

Tags: Bali surf report, east Coast Bali, new swell, Serangan

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Surfing East Coast Bali Keramas 2011

23rd March 2011
****AFTERNOON SURF UP DATE****
Hi crew and a very big thank you for dropping into the baliwaves.com (’99) for today’s 1 click run down on surfing and weather conditions here on the best value for surfing holiday dollar destination of Bali.

Before you read the surf report check out this video!

I think I told ya’s yesterday that there was a 99% chance of us scoring some bigger and better waves today, and I have to say it was a lot bigger and a lot better. I was up early way before dawn and when I stuck my head out the door at 4.00AM we had a blanket of stars over us and a light Easterly wind. But also knowing that we were in for a 0.2mtr Low tide @ 6.30AM there was no rush.

We actually hit the road for the East Coast around 8.30AM and our first stop was Padang Galak (Secrets..). Surfing conditions here were pretty ordinary with the wind having already swung to the SW. But still there were a few nice waves peeling off the left hand reef break in the head to over head range and with only 2 surfers in the water.

But my crew wasn’t that impressed and were keen to have a crack at Keramas a bit further up the coast. Our first glimpse of Keramas was showing very clean waves cranking through in the head to double head high plus plus. There were already 26 surfers in the water but the waves were super consistent.

I don’t *really know* were all the local pro’s would have been surfing but they weren’t where we were, just a couple of the local boys and the rest were basically from Japan. I also have to say that our Asian neighbors were surfing very well and by the look on there faces were having a ball. We hung out for two sessions and by 1.30PM the wind had increased out of the SSW and it was time to get back to Home Base.

Photo Below: Travel and you just may find waves like this!

Not sure where we are heading tomorrow but if you stay tuned to my twitter up dates you might get an idea, although it be to late to join us

Weather wise today it’s blue sky and pure holiday weather for the lucky bastards here in Bali.

Tidal info for today had us penned in for a 0.2mtr Low @ 6.30AM and then flooding back up for another 2.6mtr High around the 12.30PM mark.

Changing dollars to Rupiah on the streets of Kuta (Bemo Corner) — 1AU$=Rp8,660 — 1US$=Rp8,640 –

Swell forecast for this week is looking real good for the lucky buggers already here in Bali. We should see 2 to 3 new swells pretty much back to back over the next 7 days. But we can continue to expect the wind to be coming out of the W – SW quadrant for at least the best part of it.

Good news for any of you that want to get over to the legendary location of G-Land this year as baliwaves.com will still be dishing out a solid 15% discount off their advertised prices for the G-Land Surf Camp. All camps at G-Land will be re opening in March 2011 so if you want some un crowded G-Land get in early. Make sure you contact us first if you want that 15% rebate back in your pocket.

NEW SERVICE For baliwaves surfer(s) (1 -3 only) who want nothing but a safe and secure surfing holiday in Bali. We can now offer the complete surfing package for Bali. This includes airport transfers, accommodation, breakfast. daily surf information and transport to the best waves available (local knowledge) with your own personal surfing photographer. What more do you need for Rupiah 4,500,000. (+- US$450.00 for 1 surfer, Rupiah 4,000,000. (per surfer) for 2 surfers & Rupiah 3,750,000. (per surfer) for 3 surfers per week. Just contact us to get the REAL Bali experience !
Accommodation includes; AIR CONDITIONED room with double bed. Hot and cold water in bathroom. International cable TV, DVD player and Playstation 2. For  breakfast, your choice of egg’s, sausage, tomato on toast or banana pancakes / fruit salad + tea or coffee, plus mineral drinking water. Daily surf info and transport to the best waves on Bali (to suit) in new air conditioned car. Airport transfers to and from airport. Not to mention all the surfing photos your going to get buffed out with !!!

We’ve also been playing around with our “Surf Spots” page where we are currently up-dating with more locations, and an extra bonus of Bali street maps. So go and get yourself lost in there !

Night club danger; New’s came through to me of an Australian having the shit kicked out of him by no less than 6 security staff in a Kuta night club. Apparantly the English owners of the bar gave the order to the security staff…. Caruso’s, Cruso’s, (some name like that anyway) Bar in Kuta.

Best Regards in Surfing

Slim

Tags: 4-6ft+, Bali surf report, Indo surf report, Keramas

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Aceh Boardriders Host Aceh Surfing Competition on March 19-20

17 March 2011, Kuta-Bali:  Billabong SEA is proud to announce their support of the Aceh Boardriders Aceh Surfing Competition Series 11 to be held at Lhoknga Beach in Banda Aceh on the 19th and 20th of March 2011.

The two-day annual event includes the surfing competition as well as beach games and a beach cleanup, with 30 local contestants having registered so far.  This is the fourth local surfing competition organized by the Aceh Boardriders since the now infamous tsunami devastated the region back in 2004.

With the recent catastrophic tsunami in Japan making headlines, the surf community in Aceh is very sympathetic and their prayers are with the people of Japan, and this event is certainly a timely tribute and form of encouragement to them all.

Billabong’s Brand Manager of SEA Peter Thew just returned from a surf trip to Aceh and was very impressed with not only the locale but the local surf community there, saying “Aceh is a beautiful place with such nice people and a great surfing community,  and after what they went through with the tsunami and all it is impressive how they have recovered so well.  We are very proud and delighted for the opportunity to help the Aceh crew with their event, and look forward to assisting in their development in the years to come.”

The Aceh Surfing Competition 11 is proudly sponsored and supported by Billabong SEA, Yudi’s Place, Sunset Café, Nurma’s Losman, Joel’s Bungalow, Edi’s Homestay, Diana Rana Bungalows, PLN, Roy Style Music and Entertainment, Bank BRI – Lhoknga branch, Bank Mustaqin, and Water Park as well as other private donors that have kindly contributed to the event.

For more information please contact Yudi Andika by phone at 08126942879 or via email at yudigogo@yahoo.com.  On Facebook, look for Aceh Boardriders.

Tags: Aceh. Banda Aceh, Billabong

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Mentawai Islands, Kandui Surf Resort 18th March 2011

Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands
Surf Report 18th March 2011
I had to go to Padang for the last few days to take care of some things before our
season starts in earnest on the 22nd.  You know what that means.  Yes, Rifles came
to life!  Me making plans to go to Padang is better than any website for predicting
a Rifles swell.  At any rate, the few guys that were on the island scored and got
some fun waves.  There has actually been days of swell and the boys have been
surfing Rifles, 4 Bobs, and a little Bankvaults.  I’m back on the island now and the
swell has plummeted, also very predictable, but there looks like a swell in the
forecast for the 22nd, just as our new guests arrive.

Tags: Kandui, Kandui surf reort, Mentawai surf report

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West Coast Bali, Balian 20th March 2011

20th March 2011
****AFTERNOON SURF UP DATE****
Howdy friends and thanks for taking the time out to tune into the baliwaves.com (’99) for the most comprehensive news on today’s surfing and weather conditions from here on every sane surfers favorite surfing holiday destination of Bali. (not too mention the photos, right).

Ok ok, so like I mentioned in yesterdays “twitter reports” we had plans for today. Plans to hunt down the best waves in Bali, and that’s what we did. I had the boys up well before dawn and on the road by 4.30AM, heading for Balian up on the north west coast of the island.

Arriving just as the moon was setting and the sun rising to see head to well over head lines stacked up and clean as a whistle. The boys didn’t waste time getting out there as I had already tuned them that possibly every man and his dog will start to roll up within the hour. Around a dozen surfers were already scattered through the left and right handers, with plenty of waves for everyone. There was even quite a few waves going through unridden.

We hung around for two sessions at Balian with snacks and coffee in between at the always welcoming “Ayu’s Warung & Home stay” It wasn’t until around 10.30AM that the gloss was taken off the waves when the wind switched around to the West. By this time all the car parks were full and at least 50+ surfers in the water, game over.

Tidal info for today had us penned in for a solid 2.4mtr High @ 11.00AM and then she’ll be bottoming out around the 5.00PM mark with a reef exposing 0.2mtr’s.

Weather wise the good stuff is continuing, more blue sky and sunshine with a top temperature of at least 32 degree’s Celsius.

I’ll try and catch the dollar exchange rates for ya’s in my next up date.

Swell wise it’s not looking real good for waves tomorrow and seeing as my current guests want to head out into town tonight we might call a lay day on Monday and wait for the new swell that should be arriving on Tuesday. But I’ll still be posting the odd twitter up date so get signed up ASAP.

Good news for any of you that want to get over to the legendary location of G-Land this year as baliwaves.com will still be dishing out a solid 15% discount off their advertised prices for the G-Land Surf Camp. All camps at G-Land will be re opening in March 2011 so if you want some un crowded G-Land get in early. Make sure you contact us first if you want that 15% rebate back in your pocket.

NEW SERVICE For baliwaves surfer(s) (1 -3 only) who want nothing but a safe and secure surfing holiday in Bali. We can now offer the complete surfing package for Bali. This includes airport transfers, accommodation, breakfast. daily surf information and transport to the best waves available (local knowledge) with your own personal surfing photographer. What more do you need for Rupiah 4,500,000. (+- US$450.00 for 1 surfer, Rupiah 4,000,000. (per surfer) for 2 surfers & Rupiah 3,750,000. (per surfer) for 3 surfers per week. Just contact us to get the REAL Bali experience !
Accommodation includes; AIR CONDITIONED room with double bed. Hot and cold water in bathroom. International cable TV, DVD player and Playstation 2. For  breakfast, your choice of egg’s, sausage, tomato on toast or banana pancakes / fruit salad + tea or coffee, plus mineral drinking water. Daily surf info and transport to the best waves on Bali (to suit) in new air conditioned car. Airport transfers to and from airport. Not to mention all the surfing photos your going to get buffed out with !!!

We’ve also been playing around with our “Surf Spots” page where we are currently up-dating with more locations, and an extra bonus of Bali street maps. So go and get yourself lost in there !

Night club danger; New’s came through to me of an Australian having the shit kicked out of him by no less than 6 security staff in a Kuta night club. Aparantly the English owners of the bar gave the order to the security staff…. Caruso’s, Cruso’s, (some name like that anyway) Bar in Kuta.

Best Regards in Surfing

Slim

Tags: 2-4ft, Bali surf report, Balian, Indo surf report

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West Coast Bali / ULUWATU 17th March 2011

17th March 2011
****AFTERNOON SURF UP DATE****
Hello surfers and thanks again for dropping by the baliwaves.com (’99) for today’s 1 click run down on surfing and weather conditions here on the World’s best surfing holiday destination of Bali.

Well yesterday I had already made the call to my crew for a day down on the bukit at Uluwatu today. We hit the road South for Ulu around 6.30AM arriving at 7.10AM to see 3 surfers in the water with ultra clean and glassy waves breaking in the waist to over head class. I was also stoked to be back down at my favorite location and it was real nice to catch up with all the ever smiling Uluwatu locals.

The tide was still running up for a 1.8mtr High tide scheduled in for around the 9.30AM mark so the best waves were on the Main Peak, directly in front of the cliff side cafes. Crowd wise the numbers were slowly growing and by the time we packed up @ 11.AM there would have been something like 30 surfers spread between the Main Peak and the Racetrack sections. But also by this time the wind had started to swing to the South West and on shore.

The next Low tide is going down at 3.00PM

Weather wise we’ve had another perfect day of blue sky and sunshine with a top temperature of around 32 degree’s Celsius on the beach.

Changing dollars to Rupiah on the streets of Legian this morning — 1US$=Rp8,725 — 1AU$=Rp8,700 –

Good news for any of you that want to get over to the legendary location of G-Land this year as baliwaves.com will still be dishing out a solid 15% discount off their advertised prices for the G-Land Surf Camp. All camps at G-Land will be re opening in March 2011 so if you want some un crowded G-Land get in early. Make sure you contact us first if you want that 15% rebate back in your pocket.

NEW SERVICE For baliwaves surfer(s) (1 -3 only) who want nothing but a safe and secure surfing holiday in Bali. We can now offer the complete surfing package for Bali. This includes airport transfers, accommodation, breakfast. daily surf information and transport to the best waves available (local knowledge) with your own personal surfing photographer. What more do you need for Rupiah 4,500,000. (+- US$450.00 for 1 surfer, Rupiah 4,000,000. (per surfer) for 2 surfers & Rupiah 3,750,000. (per surfer) for 3 surfers per week. Just contact us to get the REAL Bali experience !
Accommodation includes; AIR CONDITIONED room with double bed. Hot and cold water in bathroom. International cable TV, DVD player and Playstation 2. For  breakfast, your choice of egg’s, sausage, tomato on toast or banana pancakes / fruit salad + tea or coffee, plus mineral drinking water. Daily surf info and transport to the best waves on Bali (to suit) in new air conditioned car. Airport transfers to and from airport. Not to mention all the surfing photos your going to get buffed out with !!!

We’ve also been playing around with our “Surf Spots” page where we are currently up-dating with more locations, and an extra bonus of Bali street maps. So go and get yourself lost in there !

Night club danger; New’s came through to me of an Australian having the shit kicked out of him by no less than 6 security staff in a Kuta night club. Apparently the English owners of the bar gave the order to the security staff…. Caruso’s, Cruso’s, (some name like that anyway) Bar in Kuta.

Best Regards in Surfing

Slim

Tags: 2-3ft+, clean and glassy, Made Lapur, Uluwatu

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