Medewi would be fun hey...K'maz will get better with the tide, but you'd wanna be in the car now. Top of Impossibles is looking epic. The size would be keeping the hordes of Euro's on the shore at Balangan too. Hope ya score mate

Yep it's on???????? woke up to this. Low tide, coming in. The sneaky west swell didn't start coming till about 845. That's it for me when they start. Too hard. 1 snapped board 1 snapped leggy, one near drowning (me) are good signs to call it a day. Should settle nicely for a Lago ??

Sanur can be a good jumping off point if your thinking of surfing up around secret point. Doesn't take long to get up & back & there is a lot more to keep the missus & kids happy. Also a ton of accomodation options.

www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g297700-d648356-Reviews-Respati_Beach_Hotel-Sanur_Denpasar_Bali.html

or

the rooms beside the pool near reception here (there's 2 pools). White tiled verandah ones or 1 of the 3 2 story villas. Best to look first to see if your missus is happy. But you usually end up having that pool to yourself coz most people use the other one.
www.tripadvisor.com.au/Hotel_Review-g297700-d479529-Reviews-Gazebo_Beach_Hotel-Sanur_Denpasar_Bali.html

Fair enough...That area of Sanur in front of Tanjung reef is not too bad for Hawkers, don't get bad until you get about 200m North. But between those 2 resorts which are next to each other & Hardy's. The people are not pushy at all. Although you will get offered Massages pretty often haha...you also have that sucky left out the front to the left of Tanjungs which I thought you might have liked on the kneelo.

Secrets would be a bit sketchy with the high's in the arvo, you do want a higher tide there eh...But the breaks South of K'maz would be fine.

Kommune is a rip off imo...this place just opened up at the end of last year just behind in those rice fields. Cheap beer & food at the supermarket next door.
www.facebook.com/Keramas-Surfcamp-1384391745195701/timeline/

& this place looks good for the price. Both places a couple of mins walk to the beach. I was booked for my trip last June, but cancelled due to early tradies.
www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g3591831-d3582422-Reviews-Nirmala_Guest_House-Keramas_Blahbatuh_Gianyar_Regency_Bali.html

There's also a few other places around there not advertised like over the road from the kmaz supermarket, but I can't remember its name.

Probably be a fun time to stay on top of the hill overlooking Bingin too

smicko said..
That's the thing with Lise, the quieter the better. That's why we're in Balian, no hawkers. Sanur would've been my pick as a base but if she cops one "you buy" I'll never get her back here.
I looked at Secrets as a base but was concerned with consistency at this time of year.
That's also the problem with Balian, you cop a solid swell and the options are limited. Great when it's flat though...

^^That's cranking Balangan!! Looks really nice til you get a sense of scale and how sketchy it is in the last pic.

Balangan Seaview bungalows, heaven on earth, no hawkers, great pool great food. And cheap.

wow those pics look fantastic and not crowded time for a surf trip ya lucky bastard

Smicko - sadly I will not be able to make it to Balian before you leave. Even have a friend their house sitting a palace of a villa that I could stay with but unable to do it. Thanks for the kind offer and hope it's not too big down there for ya.

Good to hear mate...yeah I know what one you mean, it breaks fairly often but its really soft unless the swells massive. You get waves off Jimbaran cliff to when the swells massive...you got plenty more swell coming, I think Lembongan will be going off for ya. That right at Playgrounds is so fun when it gets double overhead

smicko said..
We bailed Balian yesterday. We're up the east coast now at a joint I've been wanting to get to for ages. Really fun bowly right point, had a phat time this morning.

How far up the east coast smicko?

Nice one Smicko, hope ya get bazzed off ya nut

Fixed ya piccy for ya

Well done Mick, I tried but...

And yep a long way up.

The lago wasn't too bad here today either.




Wtf going on with my pics today?

Flat here today, only about dick high and that's if you're a kneelo.

Managed to scrape this up from one of the sessions, the drone dude was there for someone else but managed to grab piece these little bits together for me.

Spoilt rotten for waves every day bar 3 the whole time away. From double overhead to waist high but everyday in the water at least twice and a huge smile on my face. Wife and gross got a few and all in all a great surfing time away. Aaahhhh ??

Hopefully some more photos ( water shots ) from big Balangan , Ulus and Bingin to come?? We'll see if that comes off? Young Euro lass with all the gear was capturing another lass with a long board. Managed to be there on a few occasions and apparently some good ones? We'll see.

Any way good times apart from the aborted landing chaos on the way home :)

MickPC said..

Surf69 said..

Managed to scrape this up from one of the sessions, the drone dude was there for someone else but managed to grab piece these little bits together for me.

Spoilt rotten for waves every day bar 3 the whole time away. From double overhead to waist high but everyday in the water at least twice and a huge smile on my face. Wife and gross got a few and all in all a great surfing time away. Aaahhhh ??

Hopefully some more photos ( water shots ) from big Balangan , Ulus and Bingin to come?? We'll see if that comes off? Young Euro lass with all the gear was capturing another lass with a long board. Managed to be there on a few occasions and apparently some good ones? We'll see.

Any way good times apart from the aborted landing chaos on the way home :)

Very nice mate, been waiting to hear how Lembongan went...good score to get some video eh, that board goes well for ya. Looks really maneuverable

We need more man, more the merrier...I'm so toey for a Bali trip...missus reckons next June is too far away to get away, angling that we can only afford a Bali trip in Jan

We arrived at Lembongan on the tail end of the big swell. Apparently was going off its tits for the week before we arrived. We were there for a week and the first four days had over head conditions at play grounds and lacerations. Shippies was crowded but by all accounts from my buddy who is happy to jostle with the crowds, epic. Once the solid swell had passed some great days playing in chest to just over head playgrounds and lacerations.
Not too many people at Lacerations and Playgrounds but stacks each day at Shippies, which is fine by me I don't surf it anymore had 20 years crowd free there. :)