Urban Surf

Surfing and Bali go together like a horse & carriage, meat & potatoes, Seminyak & benchongs. Here’s a short guide to the whole affair.

In 1936 surfing began in Bali, when American Bob Koke, a Californian moved from Hawaii to opened the Bali Hotel on Kuta beach with his wife Louise. Bob had a long board that he brought from Hawii with his history. Bali be trickling place of surfer on 1960’s and after Jerry Lopez, Kim Bradley and others discovered the Bukit peninsula and the other breaks the scene was set.

Bali is one of best place for surfing in world with warm water and uncrowded breaks. You can get kinde of surf around of year in bali, there are beach breaks for beginner in Kuta and also reef breaks for professional surf on the rest of the Bukit, including the famous Uluwatu.

There 4 surfing spot region in Bali, South Coast (Gado Gado, Padma, Canggu, Kuta Beach), East Coast (Ketewel, Keramas), West Bali (Medewi), the Bukit (Bingin, Balangan, Uluwatu, Nusa Dua, Sri Lanka), and Nusa Lembongan (Playgrounds, Racetracks, Lacerations). From all surf spot that bali have. Uluwatu is the best surf spot which sees good size and had 5 breaks.

If you want go to surf to Bali the month of July is the best times for surfing.